Al-Jazeera Reporter Says Parliament Guards Beat him
The reporter of the Arabic satellite TV network al-Jazeera was beaten by parliamentary guards and thrown out of Nejmeh Square, al-Jazeera said Wednesday.
It said Journalist Ali Hashem was covering the parliamentary session in Beirut from a café where the statements of MPs were being shown on a television screen when a chief guard asked him to leave.
But when Hashem refused to do, he was beaten by the guards and kicked out of the area.
“It seems that the tense parliamentary session moved to the outside and reflected on us as journalists,” Hashem said.
“The words ‘respect yourself’ seem to be harsh for security personnel,” he added.
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