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Dear Press Freedom Supporter, 
 
Last week we wrote to you about the police raid on the Marion County
Record in Kansas, and I wanted to reach out with a brief update.

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Following the raid, CPJ U.S. and Canada Program Coordinator Katherine
Jacobsen traveled to Marion to offer support to the newsroom as they
worked to print their latest edition. You can read more about
Jacobsen's time on the ground here and see not only how
important the work of the paper is to its local community, but also
how powerfully this assault on press freedom resonated across the
country-and indeed the world.

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We are pleased to say that the equipment belonging to the newspaper,
including personal cell phones, has been returned. Citing insufficient
evidence to merit the search, the prosecutor's office has
withdrawn the warrant, and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation has
taken over the case that led to the raid.
 
We will continue to push for a full investigation and call for
longer-term protections to ensure such a raid never happens again. As
the paper wrote on its front-page following the raid:
"SEIZED... but not silenced," journalists don't
stop-and neither will CPJ. 

Thank you for your crucial support and for standing with CPJ and the
Marion County Record amid these attacks on the press.

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Best, 

John D. Weis
Director of Development & Outreach



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