Press Freedom
NPC Condemns Subpoena for Reporter in Leak Case
May 26, 2011
The National Press Club criticized Thursday a decision by the Justice Department to subpoena a New York Times reporter to testify in a criminal trial about who leaked him information for a book he wrote. Federal prosecutors issued the subpoena May 23 with the support of Attorney General Eric H.…
Read MoreNational Press Club to Syria: Release imprisoned journalists
May 10, 2011
The National Press Club urges the Syrian government to release and guarantee the safety of imprisoned journalists, including Dorothy Parvaz, an Al-Jazeera reporter who formerly worked for the Hearst newspaper chain. Parvaz is one of several journalists who have been imprisoned in Syria. Parvaz went…
Read MoreNational Press Club calls for halt to abuses of reporters
April 27, 2011
As World Press Freedom Day approaches next week, the National Press Club is drawing attention to the unacceptable frequency with which journalists in dozens of nations are imprisoned, abused, beaten or killed. "The National Press Club deplores in the strongest possible terms the mistreatment of…
Read MoreNational Press Club Urges Egypt to Bring Abusers of Journalists to Justice
February 23, 2011
The National Press Club urged Egypt to bring to justice those responsible for abusing reporters in that country and to enshrine press freedom in its new constitution and other laws. In a letter Tuesday to Sameh Shoukry, the Egyptian ambassador to the United States, NPC President Mark Hamrick said…
Read MoreNational 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…
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