Russian police harassed Norwegian journalists reporting on Sochi-rights group


A digital display marks 100 days left to the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics at a park in central Sochi, October 29, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police harassed and detained two Norwegian journalists on their way to Sochi, venue of the 2014 winter Olympics, a rights group and their television station said on Tuesday.

Human Rights Watch said in a statement the International Olympic Committee (IOC) must demand an explanation from authorities and insist that no further incidents of this kind occurred.

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