/PRNewswire/ Leaders of the National Press Club and the NPC Journalism Institute said on Thursday that Aleksandr Lukashenko, the ruler of Belarus, must.
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WASHINGTON, May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Leaders of the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute called Wednesday for the military junta in Myanmar to release the several dozen journalists it has jailed and to reverse restrictions on press freedom in the country.
According to independent observers, at least 40 journalists remain detained in Myanmar, where protests have been raging since a military coup overthrew the government in February.
The junta has instituted a variety of other limitations on press coverage, ranging from satellite TV bans to internet blackouts, censorship and legal threats. The military in Myanmar must cease its efforts to silence local and foreign coverage of the protests taking place in the country, said NPC President Lisa Nicole Matthews and NPC Journalism Institute President Angela Greiling Keane. The international community must not grow accustomed to the human rights violations ta
News Leaders Call On China To Release Bloomberg s Haze Fan
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Following is a statement from Michael Freedman, President of the National Press Club, and Angela Greiling Keane, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the detention by Chinese security services of Haze Fan who has worked for Bloomberg News in Beijing since 2017. The National Press Club and its members worldwide today call upon on the Chinese government to release immediately and without conditions Haze Fan, an employee of Bloomberg News in their Beijing bureau. We understand from Bloomberg that they are deeply concerned for her well being, said Freedman and Greiling Keane.