Index on Censorship » Gorka Ramos http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » Gorka Ramos http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Spain: Journalist among those arrested in anti-austerity protests http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/spain-journalist-among-those-arrested-in-anti-austerity-protests/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/spain-journalist-among-those-arrested-in-anti-austerity-protests/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:56:36 +0000 Marta Cooper http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=25347 Journalist Gorka Ramos was among the four demonstrators arrested for public disorder last Friday when armed riot police clashed with anti-austerity demonstrators in Madrid. A video of Ramos, who works for Spanish news site La Información, shows him being addressed by the police while he was tweeting the events, he was subsequently beaten. La Información [...]

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]]> arrested for public disorder last Friday when armed riot police clashed with anti-austerity demonstrators in Madrid. A video of Ramos, who works for Spanish news site La Información, shows him being addressed by the police while he was tweeting the events, he was subsequently beaten. La Información reports that 13 protesters were treated for injuries and that Ramos is being held in a Madrid jail, unable to speak to his family or employer. According to the police, Ramos was arrested for insulting and spitting on them.

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