Amnesty: Responding to a report of threats made in person against a freelance journalist reporting on a street protest outside a police station in Derry / Londonderry on Tuesday (13 October) evening, Patrick Corrigan, Head of Nations and Regions at Amnesty International UK, said:   “Threatening a journalist who is simply doing their job is an appalling attempt to silence independent reporting and must be condemned unequivocally. No journalist should face intimidation or threats of violence for covering a public protest. Such behaviour undermines press freedom and denies the public their right to access information in the public interest.   “Regrettably, this incident reflects a wider and deeply troubling pattern of threats and harassment directed at journalists in Northern Ireland. Amnesty International’s investigation last year documented more than 70 incidents since 2019, many of them linked to paramilitary groups.   “Our findings exposed an environment in which journalists can be left fearing for their safety, while those responsible for intimidation too often escape accountability.   “Journalists must be free to report on protests and matters of public concern without fear of threats or reprisals. The PSNI must take this incident - which occurred outside a police station - extremely seriously and ensure that those responsible are identified and held accountable.   “Intimidating journalists for carrying out their work has no place in a democratic society. Freedom of the press must be protected, and attempts to undermine it must never be tolerated.”