FLASH
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Surrounding a newsroom with a large police force, as if it were a crime scene, and preventing journalists from entering, is a sad sight.
An old news television station, News24, stopped broadcasting today and its editorial office and other facilities were surrounded by police early this morning.
I don't know whether or not there is a court order to vacate the premises!
I don't know if there was any state emergency to reclaim a building that had been rented out for 30 years...
I do not support any media that, in the name of being called media, seeks or claims favors, to the detriment of the public interest.
But a police operation, on a Saturday in mid-August at dawn, more than the implementation of a decision or order, looks like a demonstration of force on the part of the state.
Surrounding a newsroom with numerous police forces, as if it were a crime scene, and preventing journalists from entering, is a sad sight.
These interventions remind us of the Berisha government's attacks on Koha Jonë or Top Channel, in the years '95-'97 and 2005-2010.
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