Press Freedom
Press Club Leaders urge Congress to hold hearings on just-released Khashoggi Report
February 26, 2021
WASHINGTON – The following is a statement by National Press Club President Lisa Nicole Matthews and National Press Club Journalism Institute President Angela Greiling Keane on the release by the United States government of a long-awaited report on the murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal…
Read MoreClub to Poland's leaders: Hands off free press
February 14, 2021
National Press Club leaders, in a Feb. 12 statement, urged Poland’s government to halt a recent campaign to undermine independent news organizations there. The anti-press effort by Poland’s right-wing government follows the lead of a largely completed push in Hungary to ensure its citizens only see…
Read MoreU.S. Journalists to Poland’s Leaders: Hands Off Free Press
February 12, 2021
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2021-- National Press Club leaders, in a statement Friday, urged Poland’s government to halt a recent campaign to undermine independent news organizations there. The anti-press effort by Poland’s right-wing government follows the lead of a largely completed push in Hungary to…
Read MoreU.S. Press Leaders Urge India to Release Long-Jailed Journalist
February 8, 2021
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2021--National Press Club leaders spoke out Monday to urge the government of India to release from prison Aasif Sultan, a Kashmiri journalist who has been unjustly detained for two and a half years. Sultan, a writer for the Kashmir Narrator, was arrested in August 2018 on an…
Read MoreClub urges India to release long-jailed journalist, Aubuchon Award winner
February 8, 2021
The National Press Club spoke out Monday to urge the government of India to release from prison Aasif Sultan, a Kashmiri journalist who has been unjustly detained for two and a half years. Sultan, a writer for the Kashmir Narrator, was arrested in August 2018 on an unwarranted charge of harboring…
Read MoreClub welcomes Egypt’s overdue release of jailed journalist
February 8, 2021
National Press Club leaders expressed relief Saturday at news that al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein has been released from prison after four years of unjust detention without trial. The following is a statement from National Press Club President Lisa Nicole Matthews and National Press Club…
Read MoreU.S. Press Leaders Welcome Egypt’s Overdue Release of Jailed Journalist
February 6, 2021
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2021--National Press Club leaders expressed relief Saturday at news that al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein has been released from prison after four years of unjust detention without trial. The following is a statement from National Press Club President Lisa Nicole Matthews…
Read MoreU.S. Journalists Laud Lawmakers’ Efforts for Press Freedom
February 4, 2021
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2021--America’s leading professional organization for journalists applauded on Thursday efforts by U.S. lawmakers to advance press freedom. Legislation filed in the House Thursday would bar foreign aid for government entities that the U.S. government determines to have…
Read MoreClub leaders urge extradition for Daniel Pearl’s kidnappers after Pakistani court decision
January 28, 2021
National Press Club leaders expressed concern about the Pakistan Supreme Court’s exoneration on Thursday of four men accused of luring Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl to his beheading in 2002. Pearl’s murder, which was videotaped, shocked the world and was soon followed by Islamic State…
Read MoreNational Press Club: Allow Journalists to Bring Protective Gear to Inauguration
January 20, 2021
WASHINGTON – Journalism leaders Michael Freedman, President of the National Press Club and Angela Greiling Keane, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute issued the following statement on the discussion around how reporters and photographers may protect themselves while covering…
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