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British journalist Sami Hamdi expected to be released from ICE detention and return to UK

British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi, who has been held by US federal immigration for over two weeks, is set to be released and allowed to return to the UK. The London-based journalist and commentator, who was visiting the United States on a speaking tour, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last month as …

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An American journalist vanished in Syria 13 years ago. His mother never stopped searching for him

“This is either gonna be wildly successful or a complete disaster,” Austin Tice wrote in May 2012, on the eve of a dangerous journey to bear witness to history. “Here goes nothing.” Tice, a physically towering former Marine and fledgling journalist, threw himself with grit and resolve into war zones, friendships and the injustices he …

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“Every journalist in Gaza is writing his own obituary,” Al Jazeera director of news says

Al Jazeera English’s director of news, Salah Negm, has just said the Israeli strike that killed several of the network’s journalists amounted to “killing the messenger and trying to eliminate any eyewitness to atrocities and genocide.” The Israeli strike in Gaza City late last night killed seven people including at least four journalists from the …

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Israeli military extends detention of Palestinian journalist despite acknowledging lack of evidence

Jerusalem CNN  —  The Israeli military acknowledged Thursday that it does not have “sufficient evidence” to substantiate terrorism funding allegations it leveled against a prominent Palestinian journalist, even as an Israeli general ordered he be detained for another six months. The Israeli military’s top general in the occupied West Bank ordered the journalist, Ali Samoudi, …

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