Geramm: Arrests of Australian journalists an attack on press freedom


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 13 Mar 2016

PETALING JAYA: Media watchdog Gerakan Media Marah (Geramm) has spoken out against the arrest of two Australian journalists, calling it another attack on press freedom.

"Geramm views the arrests of reporter Linton Besser and camera operator Louis Eroglu from Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) Four Corners programme as yet another attack on press freedom," it said in a press statement Sunday.

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