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Police attacks protestors

Reporter: admin
Date of incident: 
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Detailed description of violation: 

On September 19, a group of 20 activists attempted to protest in front of the parliament during a meeting of the parliamentary joint committees mandated to study the proposed electoral law. Parliament police violently attacked the protesters, causing a number of injuries, and immediately forbade any media coverage of the protest.