journalism

Police Persecute Black Activist Attacked by White Supremacists

According to a new article from The Guardian, a journalist stabbed by white supremacists while chronicling counter-protesters’ presence was subsequently charged for rioting and assault, among other offenses. Cedric O’Bannon, an activist and journalist, was filming counter-protesters opposing a Neo-Nazi … Read more »

Journalists Face Greater Legal Peril as US Justice Department Goes After Leakers

According to a new article from The Intercept, the US Department of Justice has announced that, as part of their redoubled effort to combat unauthorized disclosures, it may issue subpoenas to compel journalists to identify sources for their reporting. … Read more »

Felony Rioting Charges Against Journalists Threaten Free Press Coverage

UPDATE (6/19/17): In their continuing coverage of detained Inauguration Day protesters and journalists covering them, Al Jazeera reports that two journalists swept up in a mass arrest by police in Washington DC remain charged (along with the protesters) with several … Read more »

Justice Department Hint at Charges Against Wikileaks’ Assange Threatens Freedom of the Press

UPDATE: Since Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced his intention to pursue charges against Wikileaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange, President Donald Trump has publicly endorsed Sessions’s proposed Justice Department move. Not only does this recent explicit approval by Trump only heighten … Read more »

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