Matilda Bliss

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CPJ joins call urging authorities to drop charges against Asheville Blade reporters

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined the Freedom of the Press Foundation and over 45 other organizations in a letter on Wednesday, May 3, calling for the Buncombe County district attorney’s office to drop charges against Asheville Blade reporters Veronica Coit and Matilda Bliss. The pair were arrested on December 25, 2021, while covering the…

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CPJ calls on North Carolina prosecutors to drop charges against Asheville Blade reporters

New York, November 18, 2022 – Prosecutors in Buncombe County, North Carolina, should immediately drop all charges against Asheville Blade reporters Veronica Coit and Matilda Bliss, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Friday. Coit and Bliss were arrested while covering a homeless camp eviction in Asheville, North Carolina, on December 25, 2021, and charged…

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CPJ calls on North Carolina authorities to drop charges against 2 journalists

CPJ calls on North Carolina authorities to drop trespassing charges against two Asheville Blade journalists.

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