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Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Hong Kong protests: journalist blinded in one eye as attacks on media escalate

Journalists Association says it will investigate police shooting of reporter at relatively short range with rubber bullet

An Indonesian journalist hit in the face by a rubber bullet during protests in Hong Kong has been permanently blinded in one eye, her lawyer said, the most serious injury among the media since the movement began in June.

There are growing concerns about the threat to journalists from the escalating violence, and an increasingly hostile climate that saw one reporter arrested on Tuesday, after several others were injured by police and one by protesters in a day of chaotic violence. All were wearing high-visibility jackets and “press” markings.

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