Press Freedom
Release Al Jazeera Journalist Jailed Years Without Trial, Say U.S. Press Leaders
August 12, 2020
WASHINGTON — Authorities in Egypt must promptly free Mahmoud Hussein, an Al Jazeera producer who has been detained without trial for more than three and a half years, leaders of the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute said. Hussein, an Egyptian who works for the Al…
Read MoreNational Press Club, Journalism Institute Condemn Hong Kong Crackdown
August 11, 2020
WASHINGTON, August 11--Leaders of the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute condemn China’s crackdown on the press in Hong Kong. Hong Kong police arrested on Monday at least eight journalists, including media tycoon and activist Jimmy Lai, and raided his newsroom in…
Read MoreNational Press Club To Unveil Freedom Clock For Austin Tice, August 14
July 31, 2020
WASHINGTON – July 31 – The National Press Club will mark the anniversary of the abduction and detention of Award-winning journalist and Marine veteran Austin Tice on Friday, August 14 by unveiling a Freedom Clock that will display a dynamic record of the time Austin has been unjustly detained in…
Read MoreNational Press Club and Journalism Institute call for renewal of VOA journalists’ visas
July 10, 2020
WASHINGTON -- The National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute urge the United States Agency for Global Media and its new executive, Michael Pack, to renew expiring visas for foreign journalists working in the U.S. for Voice of America's international services. According to…
Read MoreMaria Ressa to be honored with National Press Club's 2020 international Press Freedom Award
June 26, 2020
Maria Ressa, executive editor of Rappler, winner of the National Press Club's international 2020 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award. Photo: LeAnne Jazul/Rappler The National Press Club has selected Maria Ressa, a fearless journalist convicted in the Philippines on trumped-up charges of cyber…
Read MoreNational Press Club and NPC Journalism Institute Statement on U.S. Agency for Global Media
June 20, 2020
The following is a joint statement from National Press Club President Michael Freedman and National Press Club Journalism Institute President Angela Greiling Keane on the decision by Michael Pack, the new chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, to dismiss the heads of the agency’s…
Read MoreNational Press Club, Journalism Institute speak out against wrongful conviction of journalist Maria Ressa
June 15, 2020
The following is a statement from National Press Club President Michael Freedman and National Press Club Journalism Institute President Angela Greiling Keane on the conviction yesterday in a Manila, Phllippines, court of Maria Ressa, executive editor of Rappler: "We are deeply concerned and…
Read MoreNational Press Club and NPC Journalism Institute back journalists covering protests, denounce arrests and assaults
May 31, 2020
The National Press Club and its Journalism Institute stand in support of all the journalists who have been injured, arrested or come under attack while covering the protests over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Journalists have been assaulted by protesters for simply…
Read MoreArrests of CNN journalists in Minneapolis denounced by National Press Club & Journalism Institute
May 29, 2020
The National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute condemn the early morning arrests of CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez and his production team, who were taken into custody just after 5 a.m. local time, while live on the air. They were released more than an hour later, after …
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