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An arrest warrant has been issued for journalist Amy Goodman, who filmed Dakota Access Pipeline protest.
Journalist Amy Goodman recently filmed the Dakota Access Pipeline company turning dogs on protesters; now, there’s a warrant out for her arrest in Morton County, North Dakota.
“This is an unacceptable violation of freedom of the press,” Goodman said in a statement, according to Democracy Now!, the publication for which she works. “I was doing my job by covering pipeline guards unleashing dogs and pepper spray on Native American protesters.” Goodman is being charged with one offense.
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Come see imprisoned Egyptian photojournalist, Shawkan’s work. In partnership with the Bronx Documentary Center, we are showcasing the work of Shawkan in order to advocate for his swift release, and to highlight the plight of journalists and journalism in #Egypt today. Free and open to the public until September 11.
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At around 2 a.m. yesterday, excrement and homemade explosives were thrown at the Caracas offices of the Venezuelan daily El Nacional. The attack comes less than a week after a separate incident in which unidentified assailants shot at the façade of Diario de los Andes, based in Valera, in the northwestern state of Trujillo.
In another incident in June, bags of animal excrement were thrown at the offices ofCorreo del Caroní, a daily newspaper in the eastern city of Puerto Ordaz. Security footage showed five men vandalizing the offices, according to local media reports.
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Dangerous Pursuit: Jagendra Singh and Journalist Murders in India from Committee to Protect Journalists on Vimeo.
In pictures: the 5 months (and counting) press freedom crackdown in Turkey.
I frequently encounter Eritreans living safely in the West, with political asylum, who feel they can’t even “like” social-media posts that are critical of the regime back home. Instead they prefer privately writing or calling the individual whose post they wanted to react to. They fear the regime is tapping everyone’s social media account.
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Bakırköy 3rd Penal Court of Peace has issued a gag order soon after the attack, suspected to be organized by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) militants, on demand of the Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım. The gag order included not only printed and mass media but also online news portals and social media.
The gag order is expected to last until the investigation launched into the attack was completed.
Soon after the gag order, social media users said Twitter and Facebook was too slow. Some users said they cannot access Twitter or Facebook without using a VPN program.
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Police beat and detained journalists attempting to cover a transgender-pride rally in central Istanbul Sunday, the LGBTQ-focused news website Kaos GL and journalists reporting from the protest on Twitter reported. Police used water cannons, tear gas, and rubber-coated bullets to disperse demonstrators, according to press accounts.
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