Twenty-two journalists' companies have given their "full support" to the reporter Gaspard Glanz, "prevented from doing his job as a journalist" after being arrested on Saturday during a demonstration of "yellow vests".
Gaspard Glanz is "prevented from covering the next events in Paris, that is to say to work and inform," condemns the statement signed by the companies of journalists or editors of BFMTV, Les Echos , Le Figaro , France 2 , France 3 National, franceinfo.fr, Inter France, Le Journal du Dimanche , Libération , Mediapart, The World , RFI, RMC or TV5 Monde.
"Outrage on person holding public authority"
Arrested Saturday in the act 23 "yellow vests" for having made a finger of honor after being pushed by a police officer, the journalist was given Monday, after two days in custody, a summons to be tried on October 18 at the Paris court. He will be tried for "contempt of person depositary of public authority", according to his lawyer Raphael Kempf and the Paris prosecutor.
By that date, he was banned from appearing in Paris every Saturday and May 1, according to the requisitions of the prosecutor's office, said his lawyer. "According to the testimonies collected since then, he had a mood movement towards police officers, the latter refusing to hear him when he wanted to complain about having been shot by a grenade," the report said. SDJ and SDR.
>> READ ALSO - The journalist Gaspard Glanz assures: "I prefer to respect my judicial control"
Journalists "regularly targeted by law enforcement agencies"
The journalists denounce "once again the extremely difficult working conditions that are theirs as part of the demonstrations of 'yellow vests'", especially for independent journalists and photographers, "often on the front lines". Journalists, "who do their job, can not tolerate being regularly targeted by law enforcement," say the signatories. According to a report by journalist David Dufresne, 79 journalists were "victims of police violence" in six months of demonstrations.
The SDJ and SDR also deplore "the deafening silence of the Minister of Culture and Communication, yet supposed to support the freedom and independence of the press". The companies of journalists and editors who have supported Gaspard Glanz are: Le Figaro, France 2, BFM-TV, Les Echos, Express, Télérama , France 24, France 3 National, Franceinfo.fr, France Inter , The JDD, Liberation, Mediapart, The World, The Obs, Paris Match, The Parisian-Today in France, Southwest , First Lines, RFI, RMC and TV5 World.