‘Scandalous & illegal’: Outrage over German withdrawal of dozens of G20 press

‘German media are protesting over the authorities’ sudden decision to cancel the accreditations of 32 journalists for the G20 summit. The government cited security reasons for the annulment.
The journalists were told that “their accreditations were all of a sudden no longer valid and that they no longer had access to the secure areas,” Suddeutsche Zeitung reported.
In nine cases, members of the press were denied entry to the heavily-secured media center for 5,000 journalists, while the other 23 did not show up. The journalists’ union, DJV, urged the authorities to explain the step they slammed as “scandalous and illegal,” as cited by AFP.
Another union, DJU, warned they would be seeking legal action over the move, “including the question of what role the domestic security service or foreign authorities may have played in drawing up the list.”’
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