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National Press Club mourns death of reporters covering unrest in Syria
National Press Club President Theresa Werner expressed outrage about the deaths of two journalists Feb. 22 during a shelling in the Syrian-opposition stronghold of Homs. American journalist Marie Colvin, working for the Sunday Times of London, and Remi Ochlik, a French photojournalist, were both killed in the attack, according to media reports citing a French spokeswoman. Shells hit a building Syrian rebels had turned into an impromptu press center, according to reports quoting a message to Sunday Times employees from owner Rupert Murdoch. "Journalists are risking their lives so the world won…
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Freedom of the Press panel explores 'Arab Spring' aftermath
The revolutions sweeping the Middle East and North Africa have brought the promise of more open and accountable governments and societies but that outlook has dimmed, as autocratic regimes in the region have responded to the so-called “Arab Spring” by clamping down hard on reporters and citizens communicating on the web, a panel of experts said a National Press Club Freedom of the Press event Feb. 14. “Wait a few more years before you call it ‘spring,’” said a skeptical Abderrahim Foukara, Washington bureau chief of Al Jazeera Arabic, one of the panelists. As regimes have felt threatened by…
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NPC plans event on repression of expression in Mideast, Tues. Feb. 14, 9:30 a.m.
The National Press Club's Press Freedom Committee plans to host a panel to examine the latest Mideast trends on repression of expression on Tuesday, Feb. 14, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the NPC's First Amendment room. With a violent crackdown raging in Syria and the future of countries from Libya to Egypt still uncertain, the Mideast remains a top focus of world news. But more than a year after the start of the Arab Spring, reporters and citizens trying to document these events remain under siege. The panel will examine how regimes are repressing the media and the Internet communications of their…
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Panel to report on freedom of expression under siege in Mideast Feb. 14
The NPC's Press Freedom Committee hosts a panel to examine the latest Mideast trends on repression of expression on Tuesday, Feb. 14, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the Press Club’s First Amendment room. With a violent crackdown raging in Syria and the future of countries from Libya to Egypt still uncertain, the Mideast remains a top focus of world news. But more than a year after the start of the Arab Spring, reporters and citizens trying to document these events remain under siege. The panel will examine how regimes are repressing the media and the Internet communications of their people. The…
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National Press Club hosts Feb. 14 panel to assess repression of expression in Mideast
The NPC's Press Freedom Committee hosts a panel to examine the latest Mideast trends on repression of expression on Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 9:30am in the National Press Club’s Fourth Estate Restaurant. More than a year ago, uprisings in several Mideast countries triggered what has come to be called the Arab Spring. But when it comes to freedom of the press and the Internet, it has been a chilling period in many parts of the region. Reporters and citizens have been spied on, beaten, imprisoned and even killed merely for telling the truth about what is happening in their countries. The Feb. 14…
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Attorney details backlash against photojournalists
A “perfect storm” of repression has raged against photojournalists in the United States in recent years, according to an accomplished news photographer who has become an attorney representing his former colleagues. Mickey H. Osterreicher, a counsel with with Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, and general counsel with the National Press Photographers Association, told a National Press Club audience on Jan. 25 that homeland security concerns after the Sept. 11 attacks have led police in many cases to treat people taking pictures in certain public spaces — whether journalists or not -- as potential…
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National Press Club condemns assault on press in Ecuador
National Press Club President Mark Hamrick expressed outrage Friday about the president of Ecuador’s systematic and relentless attacks on the press. Angry over a piece that was critical of him, the Ecuadoran president Rafael Correa has won court rulings-- under questionable circumstances-- that could result in the shuttering of one of Latin America’s most esteemed newspapers and the imprisonment of its journalists. The case of the paper El Universo is just one of several examples of Correa's attacks on press freedom. Under Correa, defamation suits against reporters have multiplied, and state…
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NPC press freedom award honors three who died in Syria, intelligence reporter
The National Press Club is honoring three journalists who died this winter covering the conflict in Syria and an intelligence reporter who has repeatedly uncovered material the government would prefer to keep secret and who is fighting in court to protect a source. The winners of the 2012 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award for international coverage are reporters Anthony Shadid, Marie Colvin and photographer Remi Ochlik, who died in Syria during February. All three had led distinguished careers in which their work shed needed light on a troubled region. Shadid, a reporter for The New York…
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National Press Club urges Malaysia to fulfill press freedom promises
The National Press Club on Friday urged the Malaysian government to honor its promise to reform the country's oppressive press laws and cease targeting journalists who publish critical stories. Prime Minister Najib Razak last September announced he would relax harsh security restrictions that curb freedom of expression and assembly rights and scrap the Printing Press and Publications Act, which requires newspapers to apply annually for printing licenses. Since then, some slight modifications have been made to the law, but the government has essentially the same power to arbitrarily deny…
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Police crackdown on photogs increasing in U.S., media rights attorney tells NPC
Incidents of journalists and citizens being denied by police their rights to photograph and record in public spaces are on the rise in the United States, a media law attorney told members of the National Press Club June 27. Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel to the National Press Photographers Association, briefed a joint meeting of the NPC Photography and Press Freedom Committees on ongoing efforts by media and civil rights advocacy organizations to ensure that the public’s right to record and document such things as police activities and public protests is not jeopardized by law…
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