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NPC Urges Release of Ethiopian Journalist
The National Press Club voiced its strong concern May 10 over the expected imminent sentencing of imprisoned Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega, who is accused of violating the country’s draconian anti-terrorism law as a result of his high-profile advocacy of press freedom.Sentencing of Nega could come as soon as Friday. There is the chance he could be sentenced to death or ordered to spend 15 to 20 years behind bars under Ethiopia’s 2009 Anti-Terrorism Proclamation.Nega has been imprisoned since last September after he posted an online column that called to account the Ethiopian government…
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NPC and Overseas Press Club spotlight 'war on leaks'
A May 1 panel at the club, the first collaboration of its kind with the Overseas Press Club of America, spotlighted the Obama administration’s war on leaks. The war is being waged, panelists said, on multiple fronts: a record number of prosecutions of government officials for disclosing information; alleged eavesdropping on journalists’ communications; and suing a New York Times reporter to force him to reveal a source. The Obama administration has prosecuted six individuals for allegedly revealing or mishandling classified information. In a case now under appeal in the Fourth Circuit, the…
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Jailed Ethiopian journalist garners press freedom award, after Club elevates his plight
A jailed Ethiopian journalist will be recognized on May 1 for his fight to advance press freedom in his country – an effort that was elevated by the National Press Club. The PEN American Center, a literary and human rights organization, will present its top prize, the 2012 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award, to Eskinder Nega at a gala at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. “The key to him winning that award was the National Press Club helping him,” said Jason McLure, Nega’s friend and colleague. “It shed light on this case.” In November 2011, McLure contacted his…
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NPC, Freedom House plan annual survey release on World Press Freedom Day
Freedom House and the National Press Club plan to join forces on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, for the launch of Freedom House's annual survey of press freedom around the globe. The event will take place in the Press Club's Holeman Lounge on Thursday, May 3 at 9:30 a.m. Admission is free. A continental breakfast will be available. Freedom House will release the findings of its annual survey, "Freedom of the Press 2012: Breakthroughs and Pushback in the Middle East," and panelists from Egypt, Mexico and Hungary will discuss the changes underway in their countries. NPC President Theresa…
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Journalists, author to explore Obama administration's 'war on leaks,' 6:30 pm May 1
A panel of noted journalists and writers, plus a former spokesman for the Justice Department, will discuss the Obama administration's crusade against leaks of government secrets -- and against some of the journalists who report them-- at 6:30 p.m. on May 1 at the National Press Club. The discussion is co-sponsored by the Overseas Press Club of America and the National Press Club. Online registration is available here. Tickets are free for National Press Club and Overseas Press Club members and cost $10 for guests of members and non-members. NPC members must log in to press.org to get the…
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National Press Club to Iran: Release blogger, his mother and all unjustly confined
The National Press Club today called on Iran’s government to set free a jailed blogger, his mother and all journalists and other citizens who have suffered retaliation merely for exercising the basic human right of self-expression. In 2010, the Club awarded the Iranian blogger Kouhyar Goudarzi its John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award after Goudarzi had been put in Teheran’s notorious Evin Prison on trumped-up charges. Goudarzi was freed in December of that year. But he was jailed again last July, and his mother, Parvin Mokhtare, was also detained. Now comes word that Goudarzi has been sentenced…
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National Press Club, Other Groups Urge Pentagon to Allow Sunshine on Wikileaks Court Martial
The National Press Club and 46 other journalism organizations joined in a letter Monday to the Pentagon urging greater openness in its court martial proceedings in general and particularly in the case of Bradley Manning, the Army private accused of releasing classified information to the Wikileaks organization. In the letter to Defense Department General Counsel Jeh C. Johnson, the media groups requested that the press and public have at least as much access to court records in domestic courts martial as they now get when covering military commission proceedings at the U.S. military’s prison…
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National Press Club Urges Egypt to Bring Abusers of Journalists to Justice
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 the case of CBS News correspondent Lara Logan was one of dozens of brutal attacks in Egypt since last month. "It is not acceptable to ignore these attacks and simply move on," Hamrick said. "As you know, similar concerns have been echoed by the Obama administration. So, we respectfully request that…
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National Press Club Statement on CBS News Correspondent Lara Logan
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 with extreme dismay reports that dozens of other journalists have been injured or killed since the unrest began last month. "We commend our colleagues in journalism as they work under the most adverse of circumstances and encourage governments everywhere to help facilitate the free flow of…
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National Press Club Condemns Egyptian Crackdown on Information
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 reporters have been detained, beaten or had their equipment confiscated. On top of those outrages comes news that Internet and mobile phone services have also been disrupted. This directly impedes the ability of journalists to cover the protests and the capacity of the people of Egypt and the world to stay…
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