Reporters' group condemns Gaza police action against protesters

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The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders group Tuesday condemned the Palestinian police action against a crowd of journalists demonstrating in the Gaza Srip in support of a kidnapped British Broadcasting Corp. correspondent.

"We are outraged by this violence against journalists," the group said. "With journalists already having to endure so much in the Palestinian territories, it is unacceptable that violence was used when all they wanted was to be heard by the authorities."

Security guards at the Palestinian parliament on Tuesday scuffled with the crowd of journalists who were demonstrating in support of BBC correspondent Alan Johnston's release, pushing back reporters and beating two of them with rifle butts.

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