by jpitney | Dec 8, 2019 | Congress, Dreier, Freedom of Press, Journalism, Uncategorized
Nelson Oliveira at The New York Daily News: Washington, D.C., is home to numerous memorials and monuments honoring Americans who have sacrificed their lives for the country. But the U.S. capital lacks a permanent memorial dedicated to those who were killed while...
by jpitney | Dec 2, 2019 | China, Freedom of Press, Journalism, Uncategorized
Fred Hiatt at The Washington Post: To punish Gulchehra Hoja, a Washington-based journalist for Radio Free Asia, and to stifle her reporting, China’s rulers have imprisoned her brother, harassed her parents and threatened many other relatives back home in Xinjiang,...
by jpitney | Nov 29, 2019 | Freedom of Press, Uncategorized
From the Committee to Protect Journalists: The Saudi Arabian government must immediately end its arrest campaigns against journalists and free all those who have been jailed for their writing, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. From November 16 to 21,...
by jpitney | Nov 22, 2019 | Freedom of Press, Mass Media, Uncategorized
From the Committee to Protect Journalists: The Committee to Protect Journalists and press freedom supporters from around the world celebrated journalists from Brazil, India, Nicaragua, and Tanzania last night at the 29th annual International Press Freedom Awards in...
