NEW YORK, Sept. 19 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * ACLU Seeks Order to Immediately Release Journalist Mario Guevara, Who May Be Sent to El Salvador At Any Moment * ATLANTA - Today, the Board of Immigration Appeals declined to release Mr. Guevara on bond, despite an immigration judge's p more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 20 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2025: * * * ACLU Seeks Order to Immediately Release Journalist Mario Guevara, Who May Be Sent to El Salvador At Any Moment The federal court has ordered an emergency hearing today on a request to immediately release Mr. Guevara * Today, the Board of Immigration Appeals declined to release Mr. Guevara on bond, despite an immigration judge's previous order granting his re more PR

LONDON, England, Sept. 19 [Category: Sociological] -- Article 19, an organization that says it propels the freedom of expression movement, posted the following news: * * * Albania: Journalists must have access to Parliament * To: Mr. Niko Peleshi, Speaker of the Parliament of Albania Cc: Head of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights and Means of Public Information Mr. Taulant Balla, Head of the Parliamentary Group of the Socialist Party Mr. Gazment Bardhi, Head of the Parli more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 19 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Albania: Open Letter on Improving Journalists' Access to the Parliament * The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins the Safe Journalists Network (SJN) and the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners in expressing, in an open letter to the Parliament of Albania, our serious concern over recent proposals by the parliamentary majority to significantly restrict journalists' access more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released the following written testimony by Toby Rogers, a fellow at Brownstone Institute, from a Sept. 9, 2025, hearing entitled "How the Corruption of Science Has Impacted Public Perception and Policies Regarding Vaccines": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Blumenthal, and members of the Permanent Subcommittee: On July 4, 2015, my then-partner's son was more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Cantwell & Colleagues Send Letter to State Department Demanding Answers on Violent Attacks Against Americans in the West Bank and Lebanon * 09.18.25 WASHINGTON D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined 11 of her Congressional colleagues in send more PR

VIENNA, Austria, Sept. 20 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news: * * * Denmark: IPI joins MFRR partners in opposing introduction of new state-funded media Ombudsperson Rather than strengthening the media regulatory framework, Ombudsperson would weaken the Press Council and risk politicised interference in the media ecosystem. * The Danish government has announced its intention to introduce a public-funded Ombudsperson for the media with broad legal powers concentrat more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (TNSrpt) -- Environmental Entrepreneurs issued the following news release: * * * REPORT: Clean energy jobs grew 3X faster than rest of U.S. workforce in 2024, but future growth now at risk * Nearly 3.6 million Americans work across 47 clean energy subsectors * 520,000 jobs added over last five years, far surpassing growth in fossil fuel and gas and diesel motor vehicle sectors * 7% of all new US jobs and 82 % of all new energy sector jobs were in clean energy in 2024 * more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Experts to Challenge Food Industry Disinformation at Climate Week NYC Event * NEW YORK-- Researchers and advocates will lead an interactive discussion during Climate Week NYC on how the food industry, particularly the meat and dairy industries, shape narratives, science and reporting on the role of food systems in the climate crisis. This timely conversation takes place  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Free Press, an advocacy group that is part of the media reform or media democracy movement, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2025: * * * Journalist Mario Guevara Faces Imminent Deportation After U.S. Appeals Court Decision NEW YORK -- Free Press and the Committee to Protect Journalists express outrage that journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation back to his native El Salvador after the Board of Immigration Appeals on Friday reopened his 13-yea more PR

LONDON, England, Sept. 19 [Category: Sociological] -- Article 19, an organization that says it propels the freedom of expression movement, posted the following news: * * * Guinea: Referendum must pave way for restoration of democratic values * As Guinea prepares to hold a referendum on a new constitution on 21 September 2025, ARTICLE 19 calls on the authorities to protect human rights, particularly freedom of expression, the cornerstone of any democracy. We emphasise the importance of protec more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 19 (TNSrpt) -- The International Service for Human Rights issued the following news on Sept. 18, 2025: * * * UN Chief warns of rising transnational repression against human rights defenders The UN Secretary-General published his annual report on reprisals, expressing concerns over the growing 'scale and sophistication' of 'targeted repression across borders' against human rights defenders. These acts are directly aimed at individuals and organisations engaging with  more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Kyrgyzstan: Media Workers Sentenced to Prison in Flawed Trial * (Bishkek) - A Kyrgyz court on September 17, 2025, convicted two former media workers on charges of "public calls for mass unrest", Human Rights Watch said today. Joomart Duulatov and Aleksandr Aleksandrov, from the independent investigative outlet Kloop, were each sentenced to five years in prison. Two of Kloop's accountants who w more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * PEN America Urges Court to Halt Deportation of Detained Journalist Mario Guevara * (NEW YORK)-PEN America released the following statement after an immigration appeals court closed the case of journalist Mario Guevara and ordered his removal from the country. Guevara, an Atlanta-based r more PR

CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 19 -- The office of the Prime Minister of Australia issued the following news release: * * * Press conference - Melbourne * JULIAN HILL, ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR CITIZENSHIP, CUSTOMS AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS: G'day everyone and thank you so much for coming and I'd like to welcome the Prime Minister back to South East Melbourne. We're in Narre Warren in South, in the beautiful Berwick Springs estate. But particularly, to thank Shane and Danielle and 2-year-old Parker more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Smith introduces legislation to bring home unjustly detained Americans in China Fighting for Americans at home and abroad * Bipartisan legislation mandating a coordinated U.S. government response to the unjust imprisonment of American citizens in China--and the use of family members as hostages to silence or punish American citizens critical of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)--was introduced b more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 [Category: BizMedia] -- Atlantic Media, a print and online media company, issued the following news release: * * * Sarah Topol Wins 2025 Michael Kelly Award for The New York Times Magazine Feature on "The Deserter" From the Russian Army * Sarah Topol is the winner of the 22nd annual Michael Kelly Award for " The Deserter: An Epic Story of Love and War," published last year by The New York Times Magazine. Topol's moving, five-part feature is about a combat officer who des more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: Media] -- Pulitzer Center, an organization that say it combines journalism and engagement, posted the following news: * * * Students Invited To Inspire Global Change in Pulitzer Center Letter Contest * Letter-Writing Contest Invites Student-Suggested Solutions to Global Issues "Dear Governor: Many immigrants in the United States are not aware of the opportunities and rights provided to them in New Jersey." Dylan Cortegana, a high school student in New Jers more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 19 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Ukraine: Demand for justice from Russia one year after death of Victoria Roshchyna * September 19 marks one year since the death of Victoria Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist who had been held for over a year in Russian captivity. On this day, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its MFRR partners in remembering Victoria and demanding justice for her death from Russian authori more PR

LONDON, England, Sept. 19 [Category: Sociological] -- Article 19, an organization that says it propels the freedom of expression movement, posted the following news: * * * Ukraine: Remembering Viktoriia Roshchyna - and demanding justice from Russia * 19 September marks one year since the death of Viktoriia Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist who had been held for over a year in Russian captivity. On this day, the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners remember Viktoriia and demand justic more PR