Reporter covering demonstration for Il Manifesto describes “amateurish” police response as disproportionate use of force An Italian journalist covering Thursday’s protest outside Cyprus’s Foreign Ministry has described the police intervention as an “unprovoked attack” characterised by disproportionate force and a complete absence of communication with demonstrators. Massimiliano Sfregola, a freelance journalist reporting on the demonstration … Continue reading ‘I’ve never seen anything like it’: Italian journalist recounts police violence at Nicosia protest for Gaza