外國記者會表達了對多個目擊報告和廣泛流傳視頻的嚴重關注，這些報道顯示警方在周二晚間的葵涌抗議期間對記者採取暴力行為。
這些報道和視頻似乎顯示一名攝影記者被推倒在地，記者被警察追趕，使用警棍及向記者和攝影記者噴胡椒噴霧。記者在安全距離正在觀察和拍攝，而且似乎沒有干擾警方的行動。據報道，至少有一名記者在被噴胡椒霧後需要接受醫院治療。
警方重覆及衡常針對記者的暴力行為太多，香港政府無法忽視。自6月份抗議活動開始以來，外國記者會再次呼籲對警方針對記者的各種形式的暴力和恐嚇進行獨立，徹底和透明的調查。
外國記者會還呼籲警務處處長公開處理這些令人擔憂的報導，並明確指出警察尊重新聞自由和新聞工作者的權利，包括採訪行動不受約束，免於暴力和威脅。
這是外國記者會八日內第二次譴責警方對記者暴力。
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) expresses grave concern over multiple eyewitness reports and widely circulating video footage that show police engaging in violent acts against journalists during the protest in Kwai Chung on Tuesday night.
The reports and video appear to show a photojournalist being shoved to the ground, reporters being chased by police officers swinging batons and police discharging pepper spray toward reporters and photographers with press identification who were observing and photographing events from a safe distance and who appeared not to be interfering with police operations. At least one journalist reportedly needed hospital treatment after being hit with pepper spray.
The repeated and consistent reports of police violence against journalists covering the protests have become too many for the Hong Kong government to ignore. The FCC renews its call for an independent, thorough and transparent investigation of all forms of violence and intimidation directed at journalists by police since the start of the protests in June.
The FCC also calls on the Commissioner of Police to publicly address these worrying reports and to clearly state that the HKPF respects freedom of the press and the right of journalists to cover events, including police operations, unfettered and free of violence and threats.
This is the second time in eight days that the FCC condemned the police for violence against reporters.
