NEWS

Switzerland: reporters arrested
On 26 January, police arrested two journalists in Basel. Both reporters were detained for several hours. They had been covering a peaceful demonstration against the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. On 19 January, a journalist from the weekly WochenZeitung and another from the daily Le Courrier, were also briefly detained during an unauthorised demonstration.
31 Jan 08

On 26 January, police arrested two journalists in Basel. Both reporters were detained for several hours. They had been covering a peaceful demonstration against the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. On 19 January, a journalist from the weekly WochenZeitung and another from the daily Le Courrier, were also briefly detained during an unauthorised demonstration.