ISLAMABAD: Protesters at the Faizabad sit-in beat up two photojournalists and tried to snatch their cameras on Wednesday while they were trying to capture images of an attack on police.<\/p>\n

Muhammad Asim of White Star \/ Dawn and Jehangir Chaudhary of Daily Jang went through the horrifying experience after a group of protesters, armed with sticks and iron rods, tried to encircle some 20 policemen on a service road heading from the I-8 interchange to Faizabad.<\/p>\n

While most of the cops managed to escape, a couple of them got trapped among the assailants and were roughed up.<\/p>\n

When Muhammad Asim and Jehangir Chaudhary started photographing the incident, the attackers manhandled them as well. The protesters tried to snatch the two cameramen\u2019s expensive equipment.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, a few elderly persons stepped in and told the assailants to spare the cameramen, but only after they had agreed to delete the photographs.<\/p>\n

The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) condemned the incident.<\/p>\n

In a statement, RIUJ Presi\u00addent Mubarak Zeb Khan said stopping journalists from executing their duty amounted to an attack on freedom of expression.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not tolerate such acts whether they are carried out by the government or a group of individuals. We call upon the government to take a strict note of this incident and ensure that journalists are not manhandled and allowed free access for coverage,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

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