Press Freedom
National Press Club Statement on CBS News Correspondent Lara Logan
February 16, 2011
The following statement was issued today by National Press Club President Mark Hamrick. The National Press Club is urging authorities in Egypt to aggressively investigate and bring to justice the individuals responsible for the brutal attack on CBS News correspondent Lara Logan. The NPC also notes…
Read MoreNational Press Club Condemns Egyptian Crackdown on Information
February 3, 2011
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2011 -- The National Press Club condemns the Egyptian government for cracking down on the rights of reporters and Egyptian citizens to freely share information about events in their country. Amid violent street protests in Cairo, numerous reliable reports indicate that…
Read MoreNational Press Club Cheers Reports That Imprisoned Iranian Blogger Was Freed
December 14, 2010
The National Press Club today is cheering reports that Kouhyar Goudarzi, an Iranian blogger imprisoned for the last year in Teheran's notorious Evin Prison, has been released. Goudarzi was the international winner of the Club's 2010 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award. According to Iran's Committee…
Read MoreNational Press Club Demands Iran Release Jailed Journalists
November 16, 2010
The National Press Club president on Monday evening called upon Iran to free journalists and other political prisoners whom it has incarcerated. Alan Bjerga made his statement as the Club honored in absentia Kouhyar Gourdarzi--an Iranian blogger in prison since December 2009--as the international…
Read MoreReception for Press Freedom Honorees, 6:30 pm Nov. 15
November 12, 2010
The Club will honor the recipients of its 2010 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award -- a University of Missouri journalism professor and an Iranian blogger -- at a reception at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 15. The event is open to members and the public. The award, given each year to one domestic and one…
Read MoreClub Voices Outrage Over Beating of Russian Journalists
November 10, 2010
The National Press Club called on President Dmitry Medvedev and other Russian authorities in the country to track down and prosecute the perpetrators who severely beat journalist Oleg Kashin. Kashin, a reporter for the Kommersant newspaper, who wrote about topics such as a controversial forest…
Read MoreClub Wants Answers On Detained Cameramen
September 22, 2010
The National Press Club called on the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan to clearly explain the detention the week of Sept. 20 of two Afghan cameramen covering events in that country for global news organizations. The two detainees, Mohamed Nader and Rahmatullah Nekzad…
Read MoreNational Press Club Backs Supreme Court Brief Seeking Broader FOIA Disclosure
September 15, 2010
The National Press Club has joined an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to encourage broad government disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA. The brief was filed Sept. 7 by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and media organizations in support of the release…
Read MoreNational Press Club Board Selects Press-Freedom Honorees
August 25, 2010
The National Press Club Board of Governors voted on Aug. 23 to honor a University of Missouri journalism professor and an Iranian blogger with its 2010 John Aubuchon Freedom of the Press Award. The award, given each year to one domestic and one international recipient, honors people who have…
Read MoreClub Hails Signing of Press Freedom Law
May 17, 2010
The National Press Club hailed the signing of the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act, which will bring greater scrutiny to the treatment of the news media around the world. The law, which was approved by the House in December and the Senate in April, expands the State Department's annual report…
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