ARGIA has had to reiterate that journalism is not a crime for police aggression against a coworker. On this occasion the affected was Gorka Bereziartua. When he was reporting from an assembly of the Gipuzkoa Zutik movement, the Ertzaintza threw him into the ground, in the middle of the street and in the middle of the day.

What happened on the afternoon of the 19th in Gipuzkoa Square in Donostia?

The Gipuzkoa Zutik movement organized an assembly. I was there to tell him. As soon as it started, the Ertzaintza went to the site and asked one of the members of the assembly to identify. With the ID card in her hand, the Ertzaines began to push and beat the young woman. So I started recording. But when the situation started to calm down, an ertzaina approached me to take off the phone. Even though I repeatedly said I was a journalist, he pushed, broke pants and jersey and threw me to the ground.

Try first to remove the camera, throw it to the ground and identify it later?

That's it. He couldn't take the camera off and they threw themselves in. While I was on the ground, a member of the assembly threw himself over me and he protected me and I was able to take out my journalist card.

In the video it is clear that the ertzaina is specifically going to look for him because he is recording with his mobile. What do you have to hide in the street in daylight?

You won't find it easy to show them how peacefully reunited people are thrown into an assembly. If the action of the Ertzaintza had been different, there would have been no incident. All the tension originated from that eagerness to identify people.

Since its creation (23 days) has reported on Gipuzkoa De Facto. How have journalists experienced the attitude of the Ertzaintza and the local police?

The pressure has been constant. Gipuzkoa Zutik is a peaceful and peaceful dynamic that makes the demands festive and imaginative. I think the violent attitude of the police is trying to keep people from getting closer. Creating situations of tension, many citizens prefer to keep a distance in order not to suffer damage. It's normal, if you see that the Ertzaines also use their porras against the people who are dancing.

All this has occurred in the first territory of the Spanish State that has undertaken not to apply the Mordaza Law. Is the infringing logic emanating from this law more widespread than is believed?

They continue to apply that logic. For example, due to the need for mandatory identification when it is being recorded, we have managed to get informed. On Sunday, I had to suspend my information tracking due to the discomfort caused by the situation.

The right to information is being restricted. Regardless of whether or not the Moorish Law is applied, they are operating within their punitive logic. The statements made by the leaders are very nice, but they have to demonstrate in their day-to-day lives that they guarantee the right to information, one of the pillars of democracy and that they have to take care of it.