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Journalism Is Not A Crime

Americas

I was arrested, jailed and assaulted. My ‘crime’? Being a journalist

In his 30-year career, The Independent’s Chief US Correspondent Andrew Buncombe has filed dispatches from across the world. Last week, while reporting on protests in Seattle, he was arrested for the first time. What he saw next throws the spotlight on a broken criminal justice system

<p>Jussie Smollett arrives at court</p>
Americas

Cameras banned and press limited at start of Jussie Smollett trial

<p>Tommy Robinson has been handed a five-year stalking ban</p>
The Independent View

The likes of Tommy Robinson will never silence journalists

<p>Dmitry Muratov and Maria Ressa have set a formidable example in journalism</p>
The Independent View

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize highlights how vital a free press is

Related: CNN reporter Omar Jimenez arrested live on TV at Minneapolis protest
Americas

Attacks against journalists soar during Black Lives Matter protests

<p>Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri describes her arrest while covering a protest last summer during her trial at the Drake University Legal Clinic in Des Moines, Iowa.</p>
US politics

Reporter arrested covering George Floyd protests acquitted of charges

<p>Journalists listen to Assa Traore, sister of Adama Traore, a 24-year-old Black Frenchman who died in a 2016 police operation.</p>
US politics

Reporter arrested covering George Floyd protests speaks out on charges

Chanel Rion of One America News Network (OAN) asks a question during a news conference at the White House on 18 September 2020
US election

Behind the scenes at OAN: The TV network where Trump is always right

Dan Rather has emerged as strident critic of president
US politics

Trump biggest threat to US press freedom in my lifetime says Rather

Dan Rather left CBS News in 2005
US politics

Dan Rather on media’s ‘unprecedented challenge’ in covering Trump

US election

A guide to Trump’s favourite phrase – and the dangers it obscures

President Trump appeared to mock MSNBC reporter Ali Velshi for getting hit by rubber bullets at a protest in Minneapolis this summer
US politics

Journalism groups slam Trump for celebrating violence against reporter

Elaine Kinchen has seen half-a-dozen Portland reporters arrested
Americas

Portland journalist on challenge of covering 100 days of protests

Chris Morris said he was slammed to the floor by a security guard at a Trump rally in 2016
US politics

Agent who ‘chokeslammed’ photographer goes unpunished, report says

US politics

Agent who ‘chokeslammed’ photographer goes unpunished, report says

Chris Morris said he was slammed to the floor by a security guard at a Trump rally in 2016
Police declared a riot last month after a protest turned violent
Americas

Seattle agrees US’s ‘most comprehensive protection’ for media

Americas

UN calls on US police to halt the use of force against journalists

The Seattle protest site was cleared by police earlier this month
The Independent View

Journalism is not a crime – protecting the press is vitally important

Police cleared the Black Lives Matter protest site in Seattle at the beginning of the month
Voices

The decline of America under Trump is clear for all to see

Police cleared the Black Lives Matter protest site in Seattle at the beginning of the month
Voices

The decline of America under Trump is clear for all to see

Michael Pack speaking to Bill Walton in June
Americas

Trump appointee to cut visas for 10 journalists

Police officers tackle a demonstrator to the floor at Seattle's CHOP zone, where Independent reporter Andrew Buncombe was arrested
Voices

Excessive force against reporters at BLM protests has become routine

The Independent's Andrew Buncombe, in blue mask, interviews protesters as they are arrested in Minneapolis
Voices

Police intimidation in the US has escalated under Trump

UK Politics

Calls for PM to raise Independent journalist's arrest with Trump

Police officers working to retake the Capitol Hill occupied protest area in Seattle last week
Americas

Committee to Protect Journalists ‘concerned’ over arrest of reporter

Independent correspondent Andrew Buncombe was arrested while filming police clearing out the protest zone known as Chop in Seattle this week
Voices

Attacks on American journalists have become severe and dangerous

Voices

Press freedom is more precious than ever in a time of autocrats

Andrew Buncombe, The Independent's Chief US Correspondent
Americas

Charges dropped against Independent journalist after arrest

Independent correspondent Andrew Buncombe was arrested while filming police clearing out the protest zone known as Chop in Seattle this week
Voices

Attacks on American journalists have become severe and dangerous

Voices

Press freedom is more precious than ever in a time of autocrats

Andrew Buncombe, The Independent's Chief US Correspondent
Americas

Charges dropped against Independent journalist after arrest

Americas

Seattle mayor told to remedy ‘unacceptable’ arrest of Indy journalist

Americas

Seattle mayor told to remedy ‘unacceptable’ arrest of Indy journalist

The US correspondent was assaulted by a guard after his arrest
Americas

British ambassador complains over Independent journalist’s arrest

Officers on bicycles stand under a rainbow mural as Seattle Police retake the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) area, including their East Precinct, in Seattle, Washington
Americas

Journalist with Independent arrested covering clearance of protest

Americas

Police hit ‘troubling new threshold’ for violence against journalists

Reporter arrested covering Compton police shootings
Americas

Female journalist pinned to ground and arrested by LA police

Reporter arrested covering Compton police shootings
Americas

Female journalist pinned to ground and arrested by LA police

Americas

Seattle jail staff investigated for violent posts about protesters

Chin’ono exposed how powerful figures were profiting off the pandemic
Africa

Journalism is not a crime: Zimbabwe clamps down on press freedoms

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