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IOWA CITY, Iowa — A journalist went on trial Monday on charges stemming from her coverage of a protest against racial injustice in Des Moines last year, after Iowa prosecutors defied international pressure to drop a rare effort to punish a working...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A police officer testified Monday that he arrested a journalist at an unruly Black Lives Matter protest last year in Iowa after she did not

Here’s Merrick Garland’s Orientation Memo for the Trump-Era Hangover on Press Freedom President Joe Biden walks along the Colonnade of the White House Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (White House photo by Adam Schultz) When President Biden announced the nomination of Merrick Garland as the next attorney general, Biden criticized incendiary rhetoric against the press as contributing to the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol. A new president—and new leadership at the Department of Justice—will me...

Global interest as journalist arrested at Black Lives Matter protest goes on trial in US.

A journalist arrested while covering a Black Lives Matter protest in Des Moines, Iowa, last May was in court Monday facing trial on misdemeanor charges of failure to disperse and interference with official acts. Andrea Sahouri, a reporter for The Des Moines Register, was pepper-sprayed and briefly detained after police and protesters clashed during the…

There's an ongoing trial in (of all places) Iowa that cuts to the heart of First Amendment protections for journalists. Andrea...

The Associated Press ap photo 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. IOWA CITY — A police officer testified Monday that he arrested a journalist at an unruly Black Lives Matter protest last year in Iowa after she did not leave when he repeatedly shot clouds of pepper spray to disperse the crowd. Des Moines Officer Luke Wilson said he wasn’t aware A...

A journalist will face trial in Iowa on Monday on charges arising from her arrest while covering a Black Lives Matter protest last year, in a case condemned by Amnesty International and news organizations across the US as an assault on press freedom. Andrea Sahouri, a public safety reporter for the Des Moines Register, is charged with “failure to disperse and interference with official acts, misdemeanors”. If convicted, she could face a fine and...

The <em>Des Moines Register</em> reporter, Andrea Sahouri, was arrested as she covered a Black Lives Matter protest. "Treating media work as a crime is a human rights violation," Amnesty International said.

U.S. journalist arrested while covering protest in Iowa goes on trial If convicted on the misdemeanor charges, Andrea Sahouri could be fined hundreds of dollars, sentenced to 30 days and will have a criminal record.     Police arrest newspaper reporter Andrea Sahouri after a Black Lives Matter protest she was covering on May 31 in Des Moines, Iowa. [ KATIE AKIN | AP ] Updated Mar. 8 IOWA CITY, Iowa — A journalist went on trial Monday on charges stemming from her coverage of a prote...