The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday urged Spanish authorities to swiftly investigate an attack on reporter José Ismael Martínez that occurred during clashes between police and far-left protesters in Pamplona on October 30, 2025. The group stated authorities should prosecute the perpetrators and protect journalists during protests.

At the protest by far-left Basque separatists, Martínez was reportedly surrounded by a group of five or six individuals as he was filming a group of dozens of masked protesters. He works for the online newspaper El Español and wears a clearly visible press ID, as the outlet reported. After first throwing several objects at Martínez, the attackers further insulted him, cornered him, and kicked him while he lay on the ground, according to loca

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