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Journalist Groups Condemn Attack on Epoch Times Press in Hong Kong, Call for Criminals to Be Brought Justice
Three journalist groups issued statements on April 30 condemning the armed attack on The Epoch Times’ printing presses in Hong Kong and called on authorities to bring the perpetrators and the planners of the attack to justice.
Four masked men wielding sledgehammers broke into the newspaper’s printing shop around 4 a.m. on April 12, smashed the central control panel of the printing press, and emptied a bag of construction debris on the equipment. The violent breach forced the newspaper to suspend printing days before local pro-democracy activists are due to appear in court.
Acquittal proper, but trial serves asa chilling reminder
Andrea Sahouri was doing her job, and for that she was arrested, charged and tried.
A Des Moines (Iowa) Register reporter, Sahouri faced misdemeanor charges of failure to disperse and interference with official acts after she was arrested in May while covering Black Lives Matter protests.
An Iowa jury this week found Sahouri, 25, not guilty. It is a victory for press freedom, but the fact that the case was prosecuted is a threat to the First Amendment.
“Acquitted,” she tweeted after the verdict was read. The post included a photo of her in handcuffs, being led to a police vehicle by officers in riot gear.
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Police officers are shown arresting Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri after a Black Lives Matter protest she was covering on May 31 in Des Moines was dispersed by tear gas. Sahouri is set to stand trial Monday on misdemeanor charges, a case that prosecutors have pursued despite international condemnation from advocates for press freedom.
Many free press advocates, like Amnesty International and the Iowa Freedom of Information Council, have called on the charges against Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri to be dropped. The program director for the Committee to Protect Journalists says not only should the charges be dropped, but an investigation should be launched looking into what lead to the arrest of a working journalist who identified herself as a member of the press.