Nicaraguan police are reported to have kicked and beaten several journalists who were protesting against raids on their offices.
The journalists were outside a police station in the capital Managua, complaining that raids on the offices of a news website were illegal.
Witnesses said riot police armed with batons dispersed them with force.
Nicaragua has been rocked by months of protests against President Daniel Ortega.
The anti-government protests were declared illegal by Mr Ortega in September following five months of often violent clashes in which hundreds of people were killed. He accuses protesters of planning a coup against his Sandinista party government. Read more