afp protests after jordanian office trashed by gang
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'Climate of intimidation'

AFP protests after Jordanian office trashed by gang

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AFP was one of the agencies to report that King Abdullah II's motorcade had been attacked
Amman - AFP

AFP was one of the agencies to report that King Abdullah II\'s motorcade had been attacked Amman - AFP The global news agency AFP protested to the Jordanian government about a climate of intimidation against its staff on Thursday after a gang broke into its Amman office and destroyed equipment. Separately, the French  foreign ministry expressed is concern over the incident, and warned states of their duty to protect press freedom.
Emmanuel Hoog, chairman and chief executive of the Paris-based agency, wrote to Jordan\'s Prime Minister Maaruf Bakhit to complain about Wednesday\'s attack, which followed criticism of AFP in Jordanian state media.
On Monday, AFP was among several international media outlets to report that part of King Abdullah II\'s motorcade had been pelted with stones and bottles by a group of protesters during a visit to the town of Tafileh.
Jordanian officials denied the report, and AFP and its bureau chief, Randa Habib, were criticised by state media and by a 300-strong crowd that massed in front of the office on Tuesday in the normally tightly-policed capital.
On Wednesday, shortly after Habib had received a threatening telephone call, 10 men armed with sticks stormed the office. An AFP journalist escaped through a side door while the gang smashed computers and destroyed files.
\"Such behaviour is totally incomprehensible in a country that claims to follow the rule of law. These acts of physical and verbal violence have a serious impact on the work of journalists and therefore impact on the freedom of expression and information,\" Hoog wrote.
\"We take note of the moves that you have ordered to protect our staff and the premises as well as your condemnation of the attack. I now expect these measures to be implemented immediately and in a concrete fashion.\"
Hoog criticised accusations of \"subversive intrigue\" levelled at AFP \"on the grounds that it reported, as its duty to inform obliges it to do, events that were considered negative for the image of the country and its leaders.\"
He also addressed the \"verbal threats\" made to Habib.
A spokesman for the French foreign ministry, Bernard Valero, said Paris is \"concerned by the violent aggression\" aimed at AFP in Jordan, and took note of the Jordanian government\'s vow to investigate the attack.
On Monday, AFP quoted a security official as saying that \"part of King Abdullah\'s motorcade was attacked with stones and empty bottles by a group of men in their 20s and 30s after the king\'s car entered Tafileh.\"
Other international media organisations carried similar reports of Monday\'s incident. They were vigorously denied by the palace, government officials and lawmakers from the city.
Since January, Jordan\'s government has faced a protest movement demanding political and economic reforms and an end to corruption.

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