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/PRNewswire/ Following is a statement by Lisa Nicole Matthews, 114th President of the National Press Club, in response to a letter received from President.
Press Leaders Urge Extradition for Daniel Pearl s Kidnappers
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ National Press Club leaders expressed concern about the Pakistan Supreme Court s exoneration on Thursday of four men accused of luring Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl to his beheading in 2002.
Pearl s murder, which was videotaped, shocked the world and was soon followed by Islamic State terrorists filming the gruesome killing of several captives. The National Press Club honored Pearl posthumously with its John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award in 2002.
Press Leaders Urge Extradition for Daniel Pearl’s Kidnappers
The four men were convicted in 2002 of kidnapping and murder. One of the men British national Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was sentenced to death.
/PRNewswire/ Journalism leaders Michael Freedman, President of the National Press Club and Angela Greiling Keane, President of the National Press Club.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Leaders of the National Press Club and National Press Club Journalism Institute are calling for criminal investigations into those responsible for violence and threats against journalists during last week s attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Press Leaders Call for Probes Into Jan. 6 Attacks on Reporters Journalists are witnesses and rarely in the history of our country has the work of reporters been more important than on January 6, 2021, in documenting the deadly insurrection that nearly toppled our government, said National Press Club President Michael Freedman and National Press Club Journalism Institute President Angela Greiling Keane in a statement. They are important chroniclers of democracy. Press freedom is a key tenet of American democracy and democracies worldwide. Journalists ability to do their jobs and operate unimpeded by threats and violence is protected by the First Amendment of the U.S.