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Journalist Amy Goodman, pictured at an event in 2012, is facing a charge of rioting after covering protests in September. (AFP/Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

North Dakota court to review rioting charge against Amy Goodman

New York, October 17, 2016–A U.S. court is due today to review a charge of rioting filed against broadcast journalist Amy Goodman, who filmed security guards using dogs and pepper spray to disperse protesters on September 3. The charge against the host of global news program Democracy Now! was filed October 14 by North Dakota…

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Roughly 1000 people gather to protest the construction of a pipeline near land reserved for Native Americans in the U.S. state of North Dakota, September 10, 2016. Authorities have issued a warrant for the arrest of broadcast journalist Amy Goodman on trespassing charges in connection with her coverage of the protest. (AP/James MacPherson)

Arrest warrant for muckraking U.S. journalist

New York, September 12, 2016 — Prosecutors in the U.S. state of North Dakota should immediately drop all criminal charges against broadcast journalist Amy Goodman, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Goodman, who hosts the global news program Democracy Now!, faces criminal trespass charges in connection with her reporting on protests against the construction…

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Israeli soldiers board a humanitarian aid ship bound for Gaza. (AP)

Israel arrests journalists aboard flotilla

New York, November 4, 2011–Israeli forces arrested an unidentified number of journalists today after a group of soldiers boarded two humanitarian aid ships sailing toward Gaza and forced them to redirect to the Israeli port of Ashdod, according to news reports. 

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Native groups are among those protesting at the games. (AP)

On way to Olympic protests, reporters stopped at border

New York, February 12, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about reported border incidents involving journalists attempting to enter Canada from the United States to cover protests and other events related to the Olympic Games, which begin tonight.

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American journalist interrogated at Canadian border

New York, December 2, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by the detention and interrogation of a U.S. journalist crossing the border into Canada. News host Amy Goodman of the syndicated, community-oriented radio and television program “Democracy Now!” was detained on Nov. 25 as she tried to cross the Canadian border south of Vancouver and questioned about her work. Goodman…

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