Journalists covering riot end up under arrest

Two radio journalists who were covering a riot in a town in the Argentinian province of Córdoba have been detained on charges of inciting violence and arson, and now face lengthy jail sentences. The Paris-based press watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, has condemned the arrests of Néstor Pasquini and Hugo Francischelli, arguing that the authorities are making scapegoats out of the messengers. Pasquini is the owner of local radio FM Show, and the correspondent of radio FM Panorama. Francischelli hosts a programme on radio FM 97.3. The rioting in Corral de Bustos earlier this month was prompted by the rape and murder of a small girl. (Via Reporters without Borders)