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Is journalism now a crime in the United States?



Earlier this year, journalist Georgia Fort was arrested for documenting an
anti-ICE protest at a church in Minnesota. The peaceful protest followed the
killing of Renee Good by a masked federal agent during the Trump
administration’s militarized and violent immigration siege on the city.



This is a shameful and chilling attempt to intimidate and silence journalists
for covering the administration and its policies. Straight out of a playbook on
authoritarian practices.



We’re flooding the office of the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, Dan Rosen, with
calls to drop the charges against Georgia Fort and other members of the press.
Please join us.



Demand that the charges against Georgia Fort and other journalists be dropped.
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Attribution: Amnesty International USA


We’ve investigated and documented numerous instances of the media and
journalists being targeted forsimply doing their job and reporting on the
administration’s anti-rights agenda:

* Federal agents have verbally and physically attacked journalists and
searched their homes. Black and Brown journalists have been particularly
targeted for exercising their rights to freedom of expression.
* The administration deported reporter Mario Guevara, a U.S.-based
Salvadoran journalistwho reported on ICE raids – despite him having valid
authorization to stay in the U.S.
* The White House has hand-picked outlets to cover its activities while
banning or restricting others — even demanding that journalists waive their
First Amendment protections to gain media access to the Pentagon.
* The administration has gutted public funding for NPR, PBS, and Voice of
America. And it has weaponized the Federal Communications Commission to
retaliate against critical coverage, as we saw with Jimmy Kimmel.
If we lose freedom of press, we lose an essential way to hold the government,
political leaders, and other authorities and institutionsaccountable.



^^ That’s exactly why freedom of expression is being targeted by this
administration with such ferocity — and why we must protect it even more
fiercely.



We urgently need your voice to protect Georgia Fort and other journalists from
persecution. Take one minute to sign our petition to drop the charges.
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URGENT: PROTECT JOURNALISTS
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The Trump administration wants to neutralize opposition and cover up its
abuses — and we cannot allow them to get away with it.



Thank you for speaking out,



Billie Hirsch

Senior Director, Online Engagement
Amnesty International USA


 

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