Peaceful protests in US are ‘more than legitimate’: German foreign minister

Home World Peaceful protests in US are ‘more than legitimate’: German foreign minister 02-06-2020 08:14 AM Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas described as understandable and legitimate protests spreading across the US following the death of a black man in police custody, adding that authorities there must act to support press freedom. “The peaceful protests that we see in the US, involving many moving gestures, including by American police officers, are understandable and more than legitimate,” he told a news conference. “I can only express the hope that the peaceful protests don’t turn violent, and even more the hope that they will have an impact,” he added. He said he would be in touch with US authorities over reports that a crew from German broadcaster Deutsche Welle came under police fire while reporting on a protest in Minneapolis. “Journalists must be able to do their job, that of carrying out independent reporting, in safety,” he said. “Democratic states governed by the rule of law must apply the highest standards in protecting press freedom.” *AFP

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Peaceful protests in US are ‘more than legitimate’: German foreign minister

02-06-2020 08:14 AM

Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas described as understandable and legitimate protests spreading across the US following the death of a black man in police custody, adding that authorities there must act to support press freedom.

“The peaceful protests that we see in the US, involving many moving gestures, including by American police officers, are understandable and more than legitimate,” he told a news conference.

“I can only express the hope that the peaceful protests don’t turn violent, and even more the hope that they will have an impact,” he added.

He said he would be in touch with US authorities over reports that a crew from German broadcaster Deutsche Welle came under police fire while reporting on a protest in Minneapolis.

“Journalists must be able to do their job, that of carrying out independent reporting, in safety,” he said. “Democratic states governed by the rule of law must apply the highest standards in protecting press freedom.”

*AFP

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