Loghman Fattahi
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Supporting a free press at the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
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Dong Yuyu remains unjustly incarcerated after the Beijing High Court rejected his appeal. Dong is a journalist who has been given a 7-year sentence on a politically motivated charge. PRC authorities should release him and respect the internationally recognized right of freedom of the press.
A Beijing court upheld the seven-year sentence on espionage charges of journalist and CPJ awardee Dong Yuyu on Nov. 13; CPJ urges Chinese authorities to immediately release himand, and allow him to reunite with his family.
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China upholds harsh 7-year prison sentence for journalist Dong Yuyu on spy charges - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, November 13, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists on Thursday urged Chinese authorities to immediately release journalist Dong Yuyu and allow him to reunite with his family, after a…
cpj.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Dong Yuyu remains unjustly incarcerated after the Beijing High Court rejected his appeal. Dong is a journalist who has been given a 7-year sentence on a politically motivated charge. PRC authorities should release him and respect the internationally recognized right of freedom of the press.
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CPJ joined a global coalition of 29 civil society organizations calling on democratic governments to prioritize advocacy on behalf of journalists, human rights defenders + political leaders who have been imprisoned for their reporting or views.
cpj.org?p=534123
#InternationalDayofPoliticalPrisoners
cpj.org?p=534123
#InternationalDayofPoliticalPrisoners
CPJ joins call for release of political prisoners, including jailed journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined a global coalition of 29 civil society organizations calling on democratic governments to prioritize advocacy on behalf of journalists, human rights defende...
cpj.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
CPJ joined a global coalition of 29 civil society organizations calling on democratic governments to prioritize advocacy on behalf of journalists, human rights defenders + political leaders who have been imprisoned for their reporting or views.
cpj.org?p=534123
#InternationalDayofPoliticalPrisoners
cpj.org?p=534123
#InternationalDayofPoliticalPrisoners
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Trump continues his efforts to suppress freedom of the press to limit what we can learn about his wrongdoing.
For months, ICE has wrongfully detained Atlanta journalist Mario Guevara, who is authorized to work in the US. (1/2)
For months, ICE has wrongfully detained Atlanta journalist Mario Guevara, who is authorized to work in the US. (1/2)
El Salvadorian journalist arrested during metro Atlanta protest could be deported today, ACLU says
A journalist arrested during a protest in metro Atlanta could be deported today after a judge reopened his immigration case.
www.cbsnews.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Trump continues his efforts to suppress freedom of the press to limit what we can learn about his wrongdoing.
For months, ICE has wrongfully detained Atlanta journalist Mario Guevara, who is authorized to work in the US. (1/2)
For months, ICE has wrongfully detained Atlanta journalist Mario Guevara, who is authorized to work in the US. (1/2)
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BREAKING: Last night, an immigration board wrongly issued a final removal order for Emmy award-winning journalist Mario Guevara. ICE has detained Mario for over 100 days for his reporting, despite a previous order that he be released on bond.
This means he could be deported at any moment.
This means he could be deported at any moment.
September 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
BREAKING: Last night, an immigration board wrongly issued a final removal order for Emmy award-winning journalist Mario Guevara. ICE has detained Mario for over 100 days for his reporting, despite a previous order that he be released on bond.
This means he could be deported at any moment.
This means he could be deported at any moment.
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PEN America Condemns “Horrific” Killing of Activist Charlie Kirk While Speaking on a Utah Campus pen.org/press-releas...
PEN America Condemns “Horrific” Killing of Activist Charlie Kirk While Speaking on a Utah Campus - PEN America
PEN America condemned the killing today of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, who founded Turning Point USA. Kirk was shot and killed while giving a speech at Utah Valley University.
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September 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
PEN America Condemns “Horrific” Killing of Activist Charlie Kirk While Speaking on a Utah Campus pen.org/press-releas...
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An Israeli strike targeted at least one journalist in Gaza, killing five total
August 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
An Israeli strike targeted at least one journalist in Gaza, killing five total
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Seventeen U.S. Senate Democrats are urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to press the government of Israel to protect journalists in Gaza and allow international media to access the territory.
Read the letter👇
www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-i...
Read the letter👇
www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-i...
Democrats Demand U.S. Action Over Israel 'Targeting' Journalists In Gaza
"It appears Israel is publicly admitting to targeting and killing journalists who have shown the world the scale of suffering in Gaza," 17 Senate Democrats wrote in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State...
www.huffpost.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Seventeen U.S. Senate Democrats are urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to press the government of Israel to protect journalists in Gaza and allow international media to access the territory.
Read the letter👇
www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-i...
Read the letter👇
www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-i...
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VOA Russian told the stories Putin didn’t want heard — from political prisoners to human rights in the U.S. Silencing it hands the narrative to the Kremlin. #SaveVOA #PressFreedom
August 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
VOA Russian told the stories Putin didn’t want heard — from political prisoners to human rights in the U.S. Silencing it hands the narrative to the Kremlin. #SaveVOA #PressFreedom
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Tomorrow #Mzia Amaglobeli’s court case ends. On Friday I attended the last hearing in Batumi on behalf of 🇳🇱 with colleagues from 🇨🇿🇸🇪🇳🇴🇵🇱🇫🇷🇩🇪🇱🇹 and 🇪🇺 - in support of free and independent media and journalism in #Georgia
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August 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Tomorrow #Mzia Amaglobeli’s court case ends. On Friday I attended the last hearing in Batumi on behalf of 🇳🇱 with colleagues from 🇨🇿🇸🇪🇳🇴🇵🇱🇫🇷🇩🇪🇱🇹 and 🇪🇺 - in support of free and independent media and journalism in #Georgia
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Grateful for the Vermont Congressional Delegation including press freedom advocate U.S. @welch.senate.gov for meeting with Dylan Collins, a video journalist for @afp.com, who was targeted by the IDF while reporting in Lebanon in 2023. www.welch.senate.gov/vermont-dele...
Vermont Delegation Meets with Dylan Collins, Demands Accountability for Targeted Attack Against International Journalists in Lebanon | Senator Welch
Jul 22, 2025
www.welch.senate.gov
July 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Grateful for the Vermont Congressional Delegation including press freedom advocate U.S. @welch.senate.gov for meeting with Dylan Collins, a video journalist for @afp.com, who was targeted by the IDF while reporting in Lebanon in 2023. www.welch.senate.gov/vermont-dele...
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"In Gaza, journalism is not just under siege, it’s deliberately being starved. ...if the EU truly stands by the values it claims to champion, now is the moment to show it." — CPJ MENA Regional Director Sara Qudah for @politico.eu tinyurl.com/5428hek5 @kajakallas.bsky.social @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
Gaza’s journalists are starved into silence. The EU’s neutrality is complicity.
If the bloc truly stands by the values it claims to champion, now is the moment to show it.
www.politico.eu
June 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"In Gaza, journalism is not just under siege, it’s deliberately being starved. ...if the EU truly stands by the values it claims to champion, now is the moment to show it." — CPJ MENA Regional Director Sara Qudah for @politico.eu tinyurl.com/5428hek5 @kajakallas.bsky.social @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
@lizagoitein.bsky.social says it perfectly here - focus on the threat from presidential overreach - don't be distracted by statutory justifications.
But it would be a mistake to focus too much on which statutory power is being used here. What matters it that Trump is federalizing the Guard for the purpose of policing Americans’ protest activity. That’s dangerous for both public safety and democracy. 8/19
June 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
@lizagoitein.bsky.social says it perfectly here - focus on the threat from presidential overreach - don't be distracted by statutory justifications.
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We are in this perilous moment of threat to the Republic & our fundamental rights because Trump is exploiting the weaknesses in our system & precedents set by his predecessors. Learning the lessons of the past is foundational to understanding our present. My latest.
The Triumph of Fear: Past As Prologue
If all of this sounds eerily familiar and frightening, it's because Trump is clearly--and enthusiastically--blazing his own infamous trail of authoritarianism that already matches, and in some cases i...
www.therepublicsentinel.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We are in this perilous moment of threat to the Republic & our fundamental rights because Trump is exploiting the weaknesses in our system & precedents set by his predecessors. Learning the lessons of the past is foundational to understanding our present. My latest.
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Trump's unconstitutional attacks on law firms has no precedent I'm aware of based on the 10 years+ of research I've done so far for my book series on domestic surveillance & political repression, which spans from the late 1890s to the present. Even at the height of the Cold War, this didn't happen.
April 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Trump's unconstitutional attacks on law firms has no precedent I'm aware of based on the 10 years+ of research I've done so far for my book series on domestic surveillance & political repression, which spans from the late 1890s to the present. Even at the height of the Cold War, this didn't happen.
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🚨 Today, @publicknowledge.bsky.social joined 17 other public interest, trade associations, & civil liberties groups in a letter urging Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr to defend free speech and media freedom, expressing “deep concern” regarding recent actions taken by the agency.
March 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🚨 Today, @publicknowledge.bsky.social joined 17 other public interest, trade associations, & civil liberties groups in a letter urging Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr to defend free speech and media freedom, expressing “deep concern” regarding recent actions taken by the agency.
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When AP has to do a primer on "Marbury v. Madison," that is DefCon 2.
February 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
When AP has to do a primer on "Marbury v. Madison," that is DefCon 2.
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I asked Liv, the Meta-Ai created “queer momma” why her creators didn’t actually draw from black queer people.
Not sure if Liv has media training, but here we are.
Not sure if Liv has media training, but here we are.
January 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I asked Liv, the Meta-Ai created “queer momma” why her creators didn’t actually draw from black queer people.
Not sure if Liv has media training, but here we are.
Not sure if Liv has media training, but here we are.
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I'm still doing what I can to get my PRESS Act across the finish line before the end of the year to protect journalists from potential attempts by any administration to target a free and fair press shedding light on abuses and corruption.
Opinion | The Senate has a shrinking window to protect press freedom
Senators should make passing the Press Act a top priority before the session ends.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2024 at 4:25 PM
I'm still doing what I can to get my PRESS Act across the finish line before the end of the year to protect journalists from potential attempts by any administration to target a free and fair press shedding light on abuses and corruption.
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I'm not taking my foot off the gas. I'll keep trying to get this bill across the finish line to write much-needed protections for journalists and their sources into black letter law.
December 10, 2024 at 10:23 PM
I'm not taking my foot off the gas. I'll keep trying to get this bill across the finish line to write much-needed protections for journalists and their sources into black letter law.
South Korea's free press shows how independent journalism is indispensable to upholding democracy and fundamental freedoms:
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
South Korea President Yoon Faces Impeachment After Martial Law Declaration: Live Updates
The effort to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol reflected fury over his audacious declaration of martial law in response to political gridlock. He lifted the order within hours after it sparked protests.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:49 PM
South Korea's free press shows how independent journalism is indispensable to upholding democracy and fundamental freedoms:
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...