In Stip GDOM banned a journalist from “Kanal 77” from reporting about the protest

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Protesters from GDOM stopped a reporter from the national radio station “Kanal 77”, Vanja Micekvska from reporting on their protest.

From the moment she joined them, she was told to leave and to cross over the river to the other part of the city.
Micevska said that she showed her press credentials and asked if she could do her job without any obstructions, however, a police officer who was meant to be securing the location of the protest told her to do as she was told, and leave.

Since the incident, “Kanal 77” said they will report it to the journalist associations.

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