National Press Club To Make Announcement On Case Of Jailed Journalist
WASHINGTON, March 5, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Press Club will be holding a press conference at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Mar. 6 to discuss a new development in the case of jailed Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto.
Gutiérrez, whose reporting in his home country made him a target of death threats, accepted the Club's John Aubuchon Press Freedom award on behalf of Mexico's journalists in October. Two months later, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement threatened to deport him. When the Board of Immigration Appeals stayed that action, ICE took Gutiérrez and his son into custody.
The National Press Club, along with nearly two dozen other professional press organizations and a number of newspaper editorial boards, are calling on the U.S. government to release the Gutierrezes and to grant them asylum.
WHO: Officials of the National Press Club and lawyers for Emilio Gutiérrez Soto
WHAT: Press conference on new development in the case
WHEN: 2 p.m. Tuesday Mar. 6
WHERE: Zenger Room, National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, Washington DC
Click here to access the livestream of the event.
Contact: Lindsay Underwood, National Press Club, [email protected]
SOURCE National Press Club
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