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RSF protests manhandling of journalists

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    The global media watchdog, Reporters sans Frontieres (RSF) has protested against the manhandling of two journalists by gendarmes on Monday, while covering a demonstration by former peacekeepers, RSF said on Friday. The two journalists were from the state news agency, Agence de Presse Senegalaise, and the private Sud FM radio. RSF called on Senegal's Defence Minister, Youba Sambou, to take steps to ensure the gendarmes do not commit any more aggressions against journalists. Monday's demonstrators were demanding allowances owed to them for two missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to RSF, the military authorities had declared before hand that they intended to prevent the media from covering the protest.

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