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NPC Press Briefing: Debra Tice, mother of detained journalist Austin Tice
Debra Tice, the mother of detained journalist Austin Tice, will hold a news conference on Monday, Jan. 27 at 10:00 a.m. at the National Press Club to provide an update and to be part of the announcement of the second annual Night Out For Austin Tice, a national awareness campaign. Unjustly detained in Syria since August 2012, Austin Tice is a freelance journalist who worked for both McClatchy and The Washington Post. Debra Tice, who spent 83 days in Syria looking for her son, has been advocating for his release for more than 7 years. Austin is the only American journalist currently being held…
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News Conference On FTC Complaint Against Facebook
Andy Parker, the father of slain television journalist Alison Parker has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Facebook. The complaint raises questions about Facebook’s role in allowing moment-of-death video of Alison Parker’s August 26, 2015 murder to be posted and reposted on the network. The complaint was prepared by Georgetown Law Clinic. Parker will give details of the FTC filing and answer reporters questions at a news conference with details below. Last year, Mr. Parker and Georgetown Law Clinic filed a similar complaint against Google/Youtube, which is…
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Conversation with Debra Tice
The National Press Club Press Freedom Team is hosting a news conference with Debra Tice, mother of award-winning journalist Austin Tice who has been held in Syria since 2012. She will give an update on her son’s case. Mrs. Tice is here for meetings with the Administration and her intergovernmental team. She also attended the Annual White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday night where the President spoke with passion about Austin and Evan Gershkovich and the need to bring them home. She will talk about that experience as well. May 2 is a day of action for Austin at the Press Club where we…
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Press Briefing: “The Evan Gershkovich Case: Where Do We Stand After 100 Days”
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by Russian security services March 29, 2023 while reporting in Russia and has been held in a Moscow prison ever since. His detention has now been extended until at least Aug. 30. This briefing will examine the first 100 days of Evan’s detention, including: Evan’s sister, Danielle, will talk about their family and how Evan’s detention has impacted them. The family lives in Philadelphia. What The Wall Street Journal and the U.S. government are doing to seek Evan’s return. Perspectives on Russia’s criminalization of journalism and what…
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News Briefing with Advocates for Alsu Kurmasheva
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The National Press Club is hosting a news briefing with advocates for Alsu Kurmasheva on Monday, Nov. 27 at 4 p.m. In May 2023, Alsu, who is a citizen of the United States and Russia, traveled to Kazan, Russia to assist her ailing mother. This was not a work trip but a health emergency. Upon attempting to depart Russia in June she was denied exit and ordered to remain in Kazan. She was detained on Oct. 18 for failing to self-register as a “foreign agent”. She is the 2nd U.S. journalist to be detained by Russia since the end of the Cold War. The first was Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street…
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News Briefing on Emilio Gutiérrez Soto
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Emilio Gutierrez Soto, a Mexican journalist, fled his country in 2008 after death threats over his reporting on corruption in the Mexican military. He immediately declared for asylum at a legal port of entry in the U.S. His case, which had the full support of the National Press Club and many other significant organizations and institutions, only recently approached a successful resolution and now he is expected to be officially granted asylum early next year. The saga of what happened or nearly happened to Emilio during that 15 plus year struggle says volumes about the U.S. immigration and…
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Evan Gershkovich Case: Where Do We Stand At One Year?
Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by Russian security services on March 29, 2023, while reporting in Yekaterinburg, Russia and has been held in Moscow’s Lefortovo Prison ever since. The U.S. Government and the Wall Street Journal vehemently deny all allegations against him. It is the first time since 1986 that Russia has brought allegations of espionage against a U.S. reporter in Russia. The U.S. Government has designated Evan “wrongfully detained.” Evan is a journalist, and journalism is not a crime. This briefing will provide the latest updates and perspectives on…
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Tice Family Press Conference
News Conference with family of journalist Austin Tice, currently held in Syria. This event is a program of the newly formed Press Freedom Center of the National Press Club. The Tices have been invited by the Center to discuss this case and take questions from the press. This is the first time the entire Tice family has been in Washington to advocate for the return of their brother who has been held in Syria since 2012. They have a meeting at the White House at 11 a.m. on Dec. 6 and will come to the Club after that for this news conference. During the news conference, the Tices will discuss…
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