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Prosecutor urges jury to convict reporter in protest case
3 years, 9 months ago

Prosecutor urges jury to convict reporter in protest case

The Independent  

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US journalist arrested while covering race protest goes on trial
3 years, 9 months ago

US journalist arrested while covering race protest goes on trial

The Independent  

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US journalist arrested while covering BLM protest goes on trial
3 years, 9 months ago

US journalist arrested while covering BLM protest goes on trial

Al Jazeera  

Reporter Andrea Sahouri was pepper-sprayed and jailed in May while covering a George Floyd protest in Iowa. Des Moines Register news reporter Andrea Sahouri, who was pepper-sprayed and jailed while reporting on a clash between protesters and police in May, is charged with failure to disperse and interference with official acts. I’m just out here reporting as I see.” — …

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Reporter faces trial in case seen as attack on press rights
3 years, 9 months ago

Reporter faces trial in case seen as attack on press rights

Associated Press  

IOWA CITY, Iowa — An Iowa journalist faces trial Monday on charges stemming from her coverage of a protest against racial injustice, a case that prosecutors have pursued despite international condemnation from free press advocates who say she was just doing her job. At a pre-trial hearing Friday, prosecutor Bradley Kinkade argued that Sahouri’s employment as a reporter “is irrelevant …

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Reporter faces trial in case seen as attack on press rights
3 years, 9 months ago

Reporter faces trial in case seen as attack on press rights

The Independent  

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Judge: Show evidence to Iowa reporter arrested at protest
4 years, 5 months ago

Judge: Show evidence to Iowa reporter arrested at protest

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — A judge has ruled that prosecutors must turn over body-camera footage and other material to a Des Moines Register reporter who was arrested while covering a protest in May. Judge Christopher Kemp on Monday ordered the Polk County Attorney’s Office to give body-cam footage and reports to reporter Andrea Sahouri by the next court date, according …

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Prosecutor: No time for evidence against arrested reporter
4 years, 5 months ago

Prosecutor: No time for evidence against arrested reporter

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — A prosecutor who is pursuing charges against an Iowa newspaper reporter who was arrested while covering a protest in May told a judge Thursday that his office shouldn’t have to give body-camera footage and other evidence to the journalist’s lawyer because his office was too busy. Brad Kinkade, an assistant Polk County attorney, told Judge Christopher …

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