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HRD Attack

Massimo Barsoum

Incident date
22 May 2024
Date accuracy
All Correct
Massimo Barsoum
Male
Press; media
Arrest or detention
Target: Individual
Location of Incident: Italy
Other actors

Sources

On 22 May 2024, journalist Angela Nittoli Corriere della Sera,  photographer Massimo Barsoum, and freelance video maker Roberto Di Matteo were detained on their way to cover a demonstration in Rome, Italy, organized by Ultima Generazione (Last Generation), a group of climate change activists. They were stopped by the police after they met with the protest organizers at a café before heading to the protest site. The police officers demanded identification, including press cards, and were detained in a police station. The reporters said they were not allowed to use their cellphones during the detention, so they could not let their newspapers know they would not perform their assigned job.