Journalist Describes Raid and Heavy Protest Crackdown (Full Transcript)
[00:00:00] Speaker 1: Tell me about your safety now. I know the authorities raided your home. Do you fear you'll be arrested?
[00:00:07] Speaker 2: The day that they attacked my flat I was sleeping and it was very early in the morning I don't know why but I was really shocked and they took all of my equipment all of all the photos that I have taken in these 25 years as a photojournalist And I'm not feeling safe at all.
[00:00:28] Speaker 1: Tell me about what you witnessed During the protests. What did you see and hear?
[00:00:34] Speaker 2: I've never seen such a crowd In in in these 25 years that I'm working as a photojournalist. It was incredible a huge number of people hundred thousands of people were on the street little by little Security forces started to shoot tear gases they started to shoot a lot of tear gases and sound bomb and It was it was a lot. I think It was one tear gas for every person. I couldn't really believe it The main question is what can we do? What what we have to do? Why how we can continue like this and we are tired
- Authorities raided the photojournalist’s home at dawn and confiscated equipment and 25 years of photos.
- The photojournalist reports feeling unsafe and worried about potential arrest.
- Protests drew extraordinarily large crowds, described as hundreds of thousands of people.
- Security forces used extensive tear gas and sound bombs to disperse demonstrators.
- The speaker conveys exhaustion and uncertainty, questioning how society can continue amid repression.