- Organisation: Agence France-Presse
- Case: Equipment/Property Damage
- Culprit: Police Officers
- Country: Central African Republic
- City: Bangui,
On June 15, officers from the Central Office for the Suppression of Banditry, in the capital city of Bangui, arrested and assaulted Charles Bouessel and Florent Vergnes, French nationals working as reporters for news agency Agence France-Presse, while the journalists were covering a protest by a banned opposition group, according to a report from their employer and Bouessel, who spoke to CPJ via phone.