Press Freedom

British Muslim Journalist To Be Freed From ICE Detention

November 11, 2025 Prem Thakker, Zeteo. Educate! Detention, ICE, Press Freedom, Sami Hamdi

Sami Hamdi, a British Muslim journalist and commentator who Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained two weeks ago at an airport under no clear legal basis, is set to be freed from detention, according to his family and legal team. ICE agents detained Hamdi at the San Francisco International Airport on Oct. 26. Hamdi, of Tunisian and Algerian descent, had just addressed a crowd at an event in Sacramento, as part of a speaking tour in the US. At the event, he had pressed US leaders to take an “America First” approach rather than “Israel First.” Hours later, apparently at the behest of pro-Israel interests, ICE detained him. At the time, the legal rationale for the arrest was unclear. Two unelected, far-right, Islamophobic figures had taken credit: Laura Loomer and Amy Mekelburg.

British Journalist Sami Hamdi Fights Deportation While In ICE Detention

November 6, 2025 Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. Resist! Deportation, Detention, ICE, Legal System, Palestine, Press Freedom, Sami Hamdi

Several journalist unions and press freedom and free speech groups condemned President Donald Trump’s administration for detaining British journalist and political commentator Sami Hamdi. “The arrest of Sami Hamdi constitutes a serious violation of his fundamental rights and poses a grave threat to freedom of expression and democratic principles,” declared International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) General Secretary Anthony Bellanger. Bellanger added, “We are deeply concerned by the apparent misuse of anti-terror legislation, which risks setting a dangerous precedent for journalists and citizens engaging in public debate and exercising their right to free speech.”

The Speech A Press Club Banned

October 21, 2025 Chris Hedges, Consortium News. Resistance Report Australia, Censorship, Chris Hedges, Palestine, Press Freedom, Sydney

This talk is not sponsored by Raytheon, BAE Systems and Thales, which sell weapons to Israel to sustain the genocide. It is not sponsored by Amazon Web Services – which provides cloud infrastructure to Israeli defense and intelligence agencies – Deloitte or Mastercard, which also do business with the apartheid state of Israel. This is how you know we are not at The National Press Club of Australia. There are two types of war correspondents. The first type does not attend press conferences. They do not beg generals and politicians for interviews.

Brazen Censorship Against Student Journalists At Indiana University

October 21, 2025 Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. Resist! Censorship, Indiana University, Media, Press Freedom, Student Journalists

Indiana University Media School administrators shut down printing of the school’s student newspaper after firing the newspaper’s chief adviser. The brazen act of censorship sparked widespread media coverage and a show of solidarity from student journalists at Purdue University, which is the school’s rival. A little more than a year ago, the Media School cut print production of the school’s weekly student newspaper to seven “special editions” per semester. The decision was undertaken without consulting the publication and went into effect for the spring 2025 semester.

Hedges Report: NPC Australia Caves To Israel Lobby, Cancels Talk

October 4, 2025 Chris Hedges, Consortium News. Educate! Australia, Chris Hedges, Israel, Media, Palestine, Press Freedom

I was scheduled to give a talk at the National Press Club of Australia on Oct. 20 called “The Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists.” It was to focus on the amplification of Israeli lies in the press, which most reporters know are lies, betraying Palestinian colleagues who are slandered, targeted and killed by Israel. But, perhaps inadvertently proving my point, the chief executive of the press club, Maurice Reilly, cancelled the event. The announcement of my talk disappeared from the web site. Reilly said “that in the interest of balancing out our program we will withdraw our offer.” The Israeli Ambassador, retired Lt. Colonel Amir Maimon, who spent 14 years in the Israeli military, is reportedly being considered to speak.

Media Outlets Ask Trump Not To ‘Edit’ Press Visas

September 16, 2025 Cuba Periodistas, Resumen English. Resist! Foreign Media, Journalism, Press Freedom, Trump Administration, United States, Visas

A hundred media outlets and journalists’ associations have signed a statement asking the US government to withdraw its previously announced plans to shorten the duration of visas for foreign journalists to less than one year. “The proposal to limit visas to 240 days would disrupt a proven system, create instability for correspondents and their families, and reduce the quantity and quality of coverage from the United States,” the statement said. According to the signatories, the current visas, which allow stays of up to five years, “have for decades ensured that international journalists can accurately report on live and breaking news in the United States.”

US Court Prohibits Attacks On Journalists Covering ICE Protests

September 12, 2025 Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. Resist! ICE, Journalism, Journalists, Legal System, Press Freedom

A United States court concluded that border patrol and other federal agents “unleashed crowd control weapons indiscriminately and with surprising savagery,” targeting journalists who were covering protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Los Angeles. U.S. District Judge Hernán Vera issued an injunction against federal agents to prevent them from “dispersing, threatening, or assaulting any person whom they know or reasonably should know” is a journalist. (Vera extended the injunction to cover legal observers, too.) On June 18, 2025, three journalists—Sean Beckner-Carmitchel, Ryanne Mena, and Lexis Olivier-Ray of L.A. Taco—sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

Illinois Restores Protections For Press Targeted With Frivolous Lawsuits

September 3, 2025 Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. Resist! Illinois, Press Freedom, SLAPP Suits, State Legislatures

The Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) describes strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPPs, as lawsuits that are “intended to chill and punish constitutionally protected speech, including journalism." Such “frivolous lawsuits” are typically pursued by “wealthy and powerful” elites against speech that they dislike. By forcing individuals or organizations to “spend time and money defending themselves,” elites are able to “chill reporting, activism, and criticism.” In the state of Illinois, several organizations and lawyers worked with legislators to clarify and expand protections for the news media after the Illinois Supreme Court significantly diminished the law in November 2024.

The Attack On Palestine Chronicle

August 29, 2025 Mohamed El Mokhtar, Consortium News. Educate! Journalism, Lawfare, Media, Palestine, Press Freedom, State Repression

The Palestine Chronicle is not a militant organization. It is a modest, independent publication, sustained by small donations and animated by a singular mission: to bear witness. It tells the untold stories of Palestine, documenting dispossession, resistance and the endurance of a people condemned to silence. In a media landscape dominated by powerful conglomerates repeating the language of governments, the Chronicle insists on a journalism of proximity — grounded in daily lives, in the rubble of Gaza, in voices otherwise erased. Its true offense, in the eyes of its detractors, is not invention but truth. At the heart of this endeavor stands Ramzy Baroud. His career is the antithesis of clandestine.

ACLU Demands Court Order Immediate Release Of Journalist In ICE Detention

August 24, 2025 Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. Resist! Detention, Georgia, ICE, Journalism, Press Freedom

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a habeas petition that demands the immediate release of Mario Guevara, a Spanish-language journalist who United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained for two months. According to the petition, Guevara is in solitary confinement at the Folkston ICE Detention Center in Georgia. He is held in a “tiny cell 22 hours a day.” “He only gets two hours a day outside the cell, during which time he is taken to another bigger cell that looks like a dog crate where he can see the sky and breathe fresh air. He has lost approximately 20 pounds during his time in detention. He is experiencing panic attacks, nightmares, and difficulty sleeping,” the petition further describes.

US Censorship, Pan-Africanism And The Rise Of Africa’s Resistance

August 15, 2025 Mnar Adley and Alan MacLeod, MintPress News. Resistance Report Africa, Censorship, Decolonization, Media, Pan-African unity, Press Freedom, Sahel region, West Africa

On this episode of the MintCast, hosts Mnar Adley and Alan MacLeod speak with Ahmed Kaballo, the man behind the viral media outlet that the U.S. government has been trying to silence. In September, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave a speech smearing media platform African Stream as secretly funded and controlled by Vladimir Putin himself. As Blinken said: According to the outlet’s website, ‘African Stream is’ – and I quote ‘a pan-African digital media organization based exclusively on social media platforms, focused on giving a voice to all Africans, both at home and abroad.’ In reality, the only voice it gives is to Kremlin propagandists.” Blinken provided no evidence to support these assertions. Yet, within hours, Silicon Valley reacted and crushed Kaballo’s organization. African Stream’s YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook pages were permanently deleted, while its Twitter account was demonetized.

Thousands To Join ‘Mass March For Humanity’ Against Starvation Of Gaza

August 14, 2025 Natalia Marques, People's Dispatch. Resist! Doctors, Genocide, Mass Action, New York City (NYC), Palestine, Press Freedom, Starvation

On Saturday, August 16, demonstrators are set to march in protest of Israel’s starvation of Gaza in a “Mass March for Humanity” through the streets of New York City. Over 200 organizations have endorsed, coming from an array of diverse backgrounds including the Palestinian diaspora, pro-Palestine solidarity groups, labor unions, anti-war groups, faith groups, and others. Buses are set to travel from across the northeastern United States, including from Baltimore, Boston, Burlington, New Hampshire, Philadelphia, Providence and Washington, DC. “Genocide will never stop without global intervention,” Dr. Nidal Jboor, the cofounder of Doctors Against Genocide, told Peoples Dispatch.

The Hunt For Anas Al-Sharif’s Killers

August 12, 2025 Hind Rajab Foundation. Resist! Assassination, Gaza, International Criminal Court, Israel, Israeli Occupying Forces, Journalists, Press Freedom

By any measure, Anas Al-Sharif should still be alive. On the morning of 10 August 2025, the 28-year-old Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent was doing what he had done since the first days of the Gaza onslaught—reporting from the frontlines, armed only with a camera and a press vest. Outside the main gate of Al Shifa Hospital, in one of the last corners of northern Gaza where journalists could still work, Al-Sharif was filing footage of bombardments that shook the streets around him. Moments later, a missile struck the tent where he and his colleagues were sheltering. Seven people died instantly. Among them: Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, and Moamen Aliwa—four Al Jazeera journalists who, like Al-Sharif, had refused to stop documenting the Genocide. Mohammed Al-Khaldi, also a journalist who worked for Sahat Media Platform, and Saad Jundiya, a Palestinian civilian who happened to be present in the scene at the time of attack were also killed.

Journalist Anas Al-Sharif’s Final Message Released After Israel Assassinates Him

August 11, 2025 Anas Al-Sharif, Scheer Post. Resist! Assassination, Genocide, Israel, Journalists, Palestine, Press Freedom

This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my people, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of the Jabalia refugee camp. My hope was that Allah would extend my life so I could return with my family and loved ones to our original town of occupied Asqalan (Al-Majdal). But Allah’s will came first, and His decree is final. I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification.

Israel’s Biggest US Donor Now Owns CBS

August 10, 2025 Alan MacLeod, MintPress News. Educate! CBS, Israel, Media, Press Freedom, Wealthy Class

After reaching an agreement with President Trump, David Ellison—the son of the second-richest man in the world, Larry Ellison—has acquired Paramount Global, the media giant that owns CBS News. Larry Ellison, the largest private funder of the Israel Defense Forces, is deeply tied to the Israeli national security state and counts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu among his closest friends. David has already announced significant changes at CBS, promising “unbiased” news coverage and “varied ideological perspectives,” which are widely understood to signal a shift toward right-wing, pro-Trump coverage. Worse still, Bari Weiss, a journalist with a long history of zealous pro-Israel advocacy, is being considered as the network’s new ombudsman, shaping its political direction, precisely because of her “pro-Israel stance.”

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