Press Freedom
National Press Club and 19 press organizations join legal effort to free award-winning journalist from detention
April 9, 2018
The National Press Club, joined by 19 professional journalism organizations, on Monday asked a federal court to order the release of award-winning journalist Emilio Gutiérrez-Soto and his son, Oscar, from an El Paso detention center where Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have detained…
Read MoreBoard of Immigration Appeals accepts Press Club brief in support of Mexican journalist's asylum case
April 3, 2018
The Board of Immigration Appeals has agreed to allow the National Press Club and 16 other professional journalism organizations to intervene on behalf of a Mexican journalist who is seeking asylum in the United States. In a March 27 letter, the Board said it is accepting a 37-page “friend-of-the-…
Read MoreNational Press Club files friend-of-the-court brief in Mexican journalist's asylum case
March 19, 2018
Urging the U.S. government not to "break with this Nation's long and proud tradition of providing safe refuge to journalists, authors and commentators who criticize corrupt government officials," the National Press Club, its nonprofit Journalism Institute and 15 other professional journalism…
Read MoreNational Press Club award-winner Shawkan facing death sentence
March 8, 2018
The National Press Club and its non-profit Journalism Institute condemn Egypt’s effort to intimidate the press by threatening a photojournalist with death. A winner of the Club’s 2016 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award, Mahmoud Abou Zeid, also known as Shawkan, learned this week that prosecutors in…
Read MoreLawyers file writ of habeas corpus for National Press Club award-winner Emilio Gutierrez
March 6, 2018
Arguing that the U.S. government’s detention of a National Press Club award-winning journalist violates the Constitution and international law, human rights attorneys on Tuesday are filing writs of habeas corpus for Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and his son, Oscar. The move opens a second legal front in…
Read MoreNational Press Club and its Journalism Institute recognize Reuters journalists with press freedom award
February 27, 2018
In a year when journalists have been targeted by governments and forces who see freedom of information as a threat to their power, the National Press Club and its nonprofit Journalism Institute are recognizing Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, Reuters journalists who have been on the front lines of the…
Read MoreHearing for detained Mexican journalist Emilio Gutierrez set for Feb. 26
February 9, 2018
An asylum hearing for detained Mexican journalist Emilio Gutierrez has been set for Feb. 26, although it could be pushed back to March. Gutierrez and his son Oscar have been confined at an El Paso, Texas, detention facility since Dec. 7 after an attempt by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to…
Read MoreSpeakers protest detention of Mexican journalist on press freedom, moral, legal grounds
January 22, 2018
Speakers at a Jan. 19 press conference sponsored by the National Press Club and its non-profit affiliate, the National Press Club Journalism Institute, protested continued detention of Mexican journalist Emilio Guttierrez by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on press freedom, moral and…
Read MoreClub to update developments on jailed journalist at news conference, tomorrow 2 p.m.
January 17, 2018
The National Press Club and its non-profit affiliate arm, the National Press Club Journalism Institute, will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. tomorrow (Friday) to discuss developments in the asylum case of Mexican journalist Emilio Gutierrez. The event, to be held in the First Amendment Lounge,…
Read MoreMore than 60,000 sign National Press Club's 'Free Emilio' petition
January 9, 2018
As National Press Club Press Freedom award-winner Emilio Gutierrez and his son, Oscar, marked one month in detention at the hands of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the number of signatures on a change.org petition calling for his release more than doubled over the weekend to nearly 65,…
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