AMSTERDAM—The shooting of journalist Peter R. de Vries is “a nightmare come true” for his family, his son said on Wednesday as support flooded in for the top Dutch crime reporter who was critically injured in an attack. De Vries, 64, was shot on an Amsterdam street on Tuesday evening. He was taken to a…
Exiled Turkish Journalist Attacked Outside Home in Germany
ANKARA, Turkey—A Turkish journalist, who is critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government and has been living in exile in Germany, was injured after being attacked outside his home by three men who reportedly warned him to stop writing. Erk Acarer, a columnist for Turkey’s independent Birgun newspaper, said in a video posted on Twitter…
Nadler Announces House Probe Into DOJ’s Data Seizures From Lawmakers and Journalists
House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said Monday that the panel will launch an investigation into the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) use of secret subpoenas to obtain data on members of Congress and journalists under the Trump administration. Nadler said in a June 14 statement that, “recent reports suggest that, during the Trump Administration,…
Journalist Andy Ngo on Antifa Attack: ‘I Knew If They Got Me, They’d Kill Me’
Journalist and author Andy Ngo, who has spent years documenting the activities of the anarcho-communist group Antifa, on June 12 recounted the moment he was chased and assaulted by members in Portland last month. Ngo, an independent investigative journalist and author of “Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy,” was attacked on May 28…
US, Europe Weigh Sanctions After Belarus Diverts Plane and Arrests Journalist
May 24, 2021
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U.S. and European officials said they are coordinating sanctions against Belarus after its authorities arrested a prominent opposition journalist from a plane diverted to the country with a bomb alert on Monday. The flight, from Irish budget airline Ryanair, was on its way to Vilnius, Lithuania from Athens, Greece, when Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered a fighter jet to…
China’s New Censored Words Reveal A Young Journalist’s Dream of Freedom
The combination of “eight-year-old” and “anti-China” recently became censored words in China. This combination represents the past experience of a 22-year-old Chinese journalist who is currently being detained in Beijing. According to reported statistics in U.S.-based China Digital Times, the words are now censored in China because of journalist Tian Chang. Online search results of these…
Des Moines Register Reporter Andrea Sahouri Acquitted of Charges Incurred While Covering a BLM Protest
A jury in Iowa has acquitted a reporter of all charges she incurred while covering a Black Lives Matter protest last year. The jury on Tuesday found Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri, 25, and her then-boyfriend Spenser Robnett, 24, not guilty of two misdemeanour charges—failure to disperse and interference with official acts. Robnett had…
Committee to Protect Journalists Advises Inauguration Reporters to Not Wear Press Lanyards
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a non-profit that promotes press freedom and journalists’ rights, issued a safety advisory for covering the Jan. 20 inauguration, included in which was a recommendation for journalists to not wear lanyards around their necks. “It is recommended that journalists avoid wearing lanyards around their neck for safety reasons,” the advisory reads….
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