Title: At UN, Security Grabs ICP's Periscope Camera, Turns Off Stream Before Pushing ICP Out to Street. Source: InnerCity Press. Date Published: February 20, 2016. Description:
UN Guards Grab ICP Laptop and ID Badge, Take Control of Press Files, VOA Laughs
By Matthew Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, February 20 -- The UN on February 19, after Inner City Press
asked about UN inaction in South Sudan and Burundi and financial
irregularities, was handed a letter to leave the UN by 5 pm. Letter
here: http://www.innercitypress.com/UN1ejec...
While Inner City Press was writing up a UN Security Council meeting on
Syria that went into the evening, eight UN Security officers led by
Deputy Chief McNulty tore off Inner City Press' UN ID badge and grabbed
Inner City Press' laptop and camera, returning these by throwing them on
the sidewalk of First Avenue.
They did not allow Inner City Press to get coat or sweater, or the files in its office. No provision was made for this.
The ejection letter was signed by the Under Secretary General for
Public Information Cristina Gallach of Spain but ultimately Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon is in charge. Ban and his chief of staff Edmond
Mulet and Deputy SG Jan Eliasson were all written to with details as
this took place.
