"Yellow vests" blocked in the night from Friday to Saturday a deposit of La Voix du Nord in Anzin (North), preventing the distribution of 20,000 copies of the newspaper, we learned from the management.
Some 20,000 newspapers not distributed. Access to this delivery platform near Valenciennes "was blocked by about thirty protesters who threatened to burn the truck" from the press, according to the director of the publication, Gabriel d'Harcourt. Despite the intervention of the police to evacuate the premises, some 20,000 newspapers could not be distributed in the area of Valenciennes. The regional daily announced on its website that a complaint would be filed. "We are in danger, physical violence and individual intimidation with people who wake up every night to ensure distribution and find themselves insulted," lamented Gabriel d'Harcourt.
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The Northern Voice targeted for the first time. In late December, "yellow vests" had conducted a similar operation in Loire-Atlantique, preventing the broadcast of 180,000 copies of West France, but this is the first time they target La Voix du Nord . "We feel something unhealthy rising in attitudes towards our journalists, the behavior in front of our agencies", "and this without any reason," says Gabriel d'Harcourt.
"As a local media, we are trying to expose the problems in the territories, give voice to people who do not have it often and create a link." "To deprive our readers of their newspaper by blocking its delivery is to forbid them to inform themselves as they wish." Curious conception of the democracy ", for its part tweeted Patrick Jankielewicz, editor-in-chief.