PEN America Issues Statement on Imminent Arrest of Times Reporter Walsh in Egypt
September 25, 2019
September 25, 2019
NEW YORK, Sept. 25 -- PEN America issued the following statement by Summer Lopez, senior director of free expression programs, in response to New York Times' publisher A.G. Sulzberger revealed that the U.S. government learned of the imminent arrest of Times reporter Declan Walsh in Egypt and did nothing to protect him:
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- American reporters deserve to know their government will come to their defense
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"This is the latest in a lon . . .
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- American reporters deserve to know their government will come to their defense
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"This is the latest in a lon . . .