It's 'vital' that journalists are able to do their job freely, Downing Street has said after LBC's Charlotte Lynch was arrested while covering an M25 eco protest
Rishi Sunak believes press should be able to report "freely" on the protests.Rishi Sunak believes it is "vital" that journalists are able to do their job freely, Downing Street has said after LBC's Charlotte Lynch was arrested while covering an M25 eco-protest.The Prime Minister's official spokesman told reporters: "It's vital journalists are able to do their job freely without restriction.
Charlotte was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a public nuisance on the side of the M25 on Tuesday and held for five hours, despite the fact she had her press identification with her. "I'd been there for around 45 minutes before two male officers approached me and questioned what I was doing as I was taking pictures and videos of the protester," she told Nick Ferrari on Wednesday morning."I was not down on the motorway, I wasn't with the protester.
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan told Nick Ferrari at Breakfast: "Journalists shouldn't get arrested for doing their job."Meanwhile, Shami Chakrabarti, a Labour peer, activist and shadow Attorney General, said there are "balances to be struck" between the right to protest and public order, but "everybody has a right to fair reporting".
It comes after Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper sent a letter to Hertfordshire Constabulary, demanding an investigation into the arrests of journalists.
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