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Press Briefing For U.S. Journalist Held By Russia Monday, Nov. 27 at Press Club
Contact: Bill McCarren, 202-662-7534 for the National Press Club News Advisory: What: News Briefing with Advocates for Alsu Kurmasheva, journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty who is currently being held in detention by Russia. Who: Pavel Butorin, Alsu’s husband and Director of Current Time, RFE/RL’s digital platform (Russian); Jeffrey Gedmin, acting president, RFE/RL and Paul Beckett of the Wall Street Journal, the point person in the Evan Gershkovich case. Press Club President Eileen O’Reilly will moderate. When: 4 p.m. Eastern, Monday, Nov. 27 Where: National Press Club, 13th Floor…
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NPC leaders lead civil society letter to Blinken urging RFE/RL reporter be designated as wrongfully detained
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 — Fourteen press freedom and First Amendment civil society groups, led by the National Press Club and the NPC Journalism Institute, on Monday wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken to urge him to swiftly declare that RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva has been wrongfully detained by the Russian government. “Alsu has already been held in a detention center in Kazan for more than a month now and charged with failure to self-register as a ‘foreign agent,’ reads the letter, whose other signatories include the Committee to Protect Journalists, Reporters Without Borders and…
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National Press Club Statement: 250 Days Wrongful Detention for Evan Gershkovich
WASHINGTON, December 5 – Following is a statement by Eileen O’Reilly, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the milestone of 250 days of detention for Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter being unjustly detained in Russia. “The National Press Club marked the 250th day of unjust detention for Evan Gershkovich by using our television studio to organize 10 interviews with Evan’s sister Danielle, and Paul Beckett of the Wall Street Journal. These interviews on CNN, BBC, NewsNation, and Fox affiliates…
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National Press Club Statement on Developments in the Case of RFE Journalist
Radio Free Europe editor Alsu Kurmasheva has been detained since October in Russia. Photo: Pangea Graphics (RFE/RL) WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 – Following is a statement by Eileen O’Reilly, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on new charges brought by the Russian government against Alsu Kurmasheva of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. “We reject these latest false charges by the Russian government against Alsu. She has done nothing wrong and should be released immediately. This continued abuse of an American citizen must…
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Press Club leaders urge Biden administration to act immediately on Alsu Kurmasheva’s detention
Radio Free Europe editor Alsu Kurmasheva has been detained since October in Russia. Photo: Pangea Graphics (RFE/RL) WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 – Following is a statement from Eileen O’Reilly, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on Russia’s detention of Russian American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva. “We urge the U.S. government to immediately designate Alsu Kurmasheva’s imprisonment as an unlawful and wrongful detention. The Biden administration is taking too long to make this important designation. “Alsu is the latest…
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NPC Statement on Al Jazeera Journalist Samer Abudaqa Killed in Gaza
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 – Following is a statement from Eileen O’Reilly, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press ClubJournalism Institute, on the death of Al Jazeera’s Samer Abudaqa yesterday in Gaza. “We mourn the loss of Al Jazeera cameraman Samer Abudaqa, who was working in Khan Younis when he was reportedly killed by an IDF drone strike. Wael Dahdouh, the Al Jazeera bureau chief in Gaza, was also wounded and taken to a hospital in this incident. This is another tragic loss for Dahdouh, who had recently lost his entire family in this war. “There…
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Tice Family Statement on Release of U.S. Prisoners from Venezuela
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 – Following is a statement via the National Press Club from the family of long-detained journalist Austin Tice, on the release of 10 imprisoned Americans in a prisoner swap with Venezuela. “The news of the release of the U.S. hostages from Venezuela is uplifting and encouraging. No doubt a joyful day for their families, and we deeply share their joy. “The negotiations with the Venezuelan government were most certainly complicated, never the less, the White House team was willing to, engage, listen and earnestly negotiate to make this happen. “We sincerely believe the very…
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National Press Club Statement on First Week of Jimmy Lai Trial
The following is a statement from Eileen O’Reilly, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute on tthe expected 80 day trial of Hong Kong Publisher Jimmy Lai. “We were deeply disappointed and disturbed to see that the court in Hong Kong allowed the sedition charge against Jimmy Lai, Publisher of Apple News, to proceedk. Irrespective of any merit in the charge, it was not filed by the government within the required timeframe so should have been dismissed on procedural grounds. The fact that it was upheld signals the…
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National Press Club Condemns Rearrest of Kashmiri Journalist and Demands His Release
WASHINGTON, March 1, 2024 – Following is a statement from Emily Wilkins, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the rearrest of Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan. Sultan, who received a 2019 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award from the National Press Club in recognition of his unjust detention, was released from prison Tuesday only to be re-arrested on Thursday, according to local reports. “We are deeply concerned by the rearrest this week of Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan. Every day of the five-and-a-half years Sultan…
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Press Club Statement On Contempt Ruling Against Reporter Catherine Herridge
WASHINGTON, March 1 – Following is a statement from National Press Club President Emily Wilkins, and National Press Club Journalism Institute President Gil Klein on the contempt order and fine imposed on Catherine Herridge - related to her journalism at Fox News. “We strongly disagree with the decision of U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper to hold Catherine Herridge in contempt of court and to impose a fine of $800 a day until she reveals the source of her reporting. We hope and expect this decision will be overturned on appeal. “We recognize the judge is making a point in this case and…
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