Ameer al Halbi was injured in the face by a truncheon on November 29, 2020, while he was independently covering the demonstration against the "global security" law and police violence.
Collaborator of Polka Magazine and Agence France Presse, he wore neither helmet nor press armband.
It was during a charge by the police against the demonstrators that he received a truncheon in the face.
Ameer al Halbi, freelance photographer of Syrian origin, contributor to @polkamagazine and @AFPphoto, was injured yesterday in the face during a police charge, as were several other demonstrators #AFP 1/5 pic.twitter.com/ Vc4uSH98wW
– Agence France-Presse (@afpfr) November 29, 2020
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