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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 15h

"Today, I was the first immigrant journalist to be deported. Tomorrow, it can be another one and then the U.S. citizen journalists can face punishment. It's horrible." - Mario Guevara.
#PressFreedom

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Journalist Mario Guevara speaks on deportation and time in ICE custody: "They destroyed my family"

Journalist Mario Guevara says the separation from his family following his deportation has left him devastated.

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 16h

Russia is still killing journalists: cpj.org/2025/10/russ...

Russian drone kills French journalist Antoni Lallican in Ukraine - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, October 3, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the killing of French photojournalist Antoni Lallican in a Russian drone attack on Friday. “CPJ is deeply alarmed by the Russia...

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 16h

It's been 19 years: "A journalist renowned for her critical coverage of the Chechen-Russian conflict, Politkovskaya was found dead in her apartment building in Moscow." According to police, she "was shot, and a pistol and four bullet casings were recovered."
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Anna Politkovskaya - Committee to Protect Journalists

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 16h

"The Pentagon has given media outlets that wish to have access to the building one week to review its new policy and decide whether to sign it. A failure to sign could mean that they won’t receive press credentials."
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Rachel Levinson-Waldman @rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social · 1d

Great piece from @dell.bsky.social at @wired.com about ICE's newest foray into social media monitoring: the agency is putting out feelers for contractors who can do on-site, open source intel 24/7 for ICE's Targeting Operations Division (TOD). 1/ www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 1d

Mil gracias a @elpais.com y a @channeldraw.bsky.social por la excelente cobertura a la realidad de los periodistas en #Gaza.

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Objetivo: matar al periodista

El ejército de Israel ha matado a dos centenares de informadores en Gaza en los últimos dos años, mientras el Gobierno de Netanyahu prohíbe la entrada de la prensa internacional a la Franja. Es una si...

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

After layoffs, it's unclear how many people are policing civil rights violations inside the Department of Homeland Security, even as the Trump administration ramps up ICE detention.

Civil rights jobs have been cut. Those ex-workers warn of ICE detention violations

After layoffs, it's unclear how many people are policing civil rights violations inside the Department of Homeland Security, even as the Trump administration ramps up ICE detention.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Breaking News: Paramount is buying The Free Press for $150 million and appointing Bari Weiss, the news site's co-founder, as the editor in chief of CBS News. nyti.ms/4gUnu5D

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 2d

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Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 2d

Journalists are civilians and must never be targeted. Deliberately targeting journalists is a war crime. #EndImpunity

Ukrainian Ground Forces "said that Lallican had been killed by a “targeted strike” from a first-person-view (FPV) drone."

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Russian drone kills French journalist Antoni Lallican in Ukraine - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, October 3, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the killing of French photojournalist Antoni Lallican in a Russian drone attack on Friday. “CPJ is deeply alarmed by the Russia...

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, Chicago.
"This is a hospital. Do you have a signed judicial warrant for him? I am asking. I am asking. I did not touch you. I did not touch you," she said as she was handcuffed.
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Chicago alderwoman arrested by ICE agents while checking on detainee at hospital in Humboldt Park

A Chicago alderwoman was arrested by ICE agents on Friday afternoon inside a hospital in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 4d

The Pentagon is ordering journalists to sign a gag pledge—even with respect to gathering unclassified information. Here are the facts.
#Pentagon #Journalism #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #Democracy #BreakingNews #NewsExplained

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 4d

Jailed Chinese journalist and CPJ awardee Dong Yuyu’s espionage conviction is “purely political,” his son told CPJ.

“The international community needs to remind the Chinese government that releasing my father does more good to China than keeping him imprisoned," Dong Yifu said.

Son of jailed Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu says espionage conviction ‘purely political’ - Committee to Protect Journalists

Punishment of hard labor, censorship, and threats of demotion over more than three decades did not stop Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu from doing his work. It was lunch with a diplomat that finally…

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Neil Vigdor @gettingviggy.bsky.social · 4d

The Salvadoran journalist was arrested in June while covering a “No Kings” protest outside Atlanta. Those charges were dropped, his lawyers said. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

Journalist Mario Guevara Is Deported After Being Held for Over 100 Days

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 4d

This story is very well reported. Thank you!

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jenna ruddock @ruddock.bsky.social · 4d

the Trump admin just deported an award-winning journalist known for his reporting on ICE and got Apple to block ICE-spotter apps — all while churning out highly-produced social media content from violent ICE raids in Chicago. it’s their media or no media. www.techpolicy.press/amidst-viole...

Amidst Violent Immigration Raids, DHS Turns to Big Tech to Silence Dissent | TechPolicy.Press

Free Press advocacy director Jenna Ruddock says the Trump administration is targeting anyone monitoring its expanding immigration enforcement operations.

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 4d

Exactly. 🙏

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 4d

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From my prison cell in Georgia, I implore Europe not to abandon us to Russia | Mzia Amaglobeli

My fellow journalists are putting their lives in danger every day, but we refuse to surrender to a regime that threatens Europe’s own security, says imprisoned Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 4d

Georgia (the country) is on the frontlines of resisting Russian style repression. Aggressive tactics targeting the independent media have continued escalating, including the case of Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli (see thread).

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Georgian authorities probe press organizations under foreign funding laws - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, October 3, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Georgian authorities to repeal restrictive new laws covering foreign donor grants as Georgian authorities open investigations in...

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 4d

Outrageous, bone chilling and deeply saddening - a journalist reporting on government activities via live stream has been deported. #JournalismIsNotACrime
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Live-streaming journalist deported to El Salvador after months in ICE custody | CNN Business

Mario Guevara was arrested while reporting from a “No Kings Day” protest in June and was deported on Friday — a major blow to press freedoms, say groups including the ACLU.

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 5d

NEW & DANGEROUS ⚡Journalist Mario Guevara initially arrested because he was live streaming law enforcement activity in Atlanta, will be deported to his native El Salvador this Friday. I repeat: Live coverage of newsworthy events is a daily undertaking by journalists. 👇

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Journalist Mario Guevara to be deported from US in unprecedented case - Committee to Protect Journalists

Washington, D.C., October 2, 2025—In response to news that journalist Mario Guevara will be deported on Friday from the United States back to his native El Salvador, the Committee to Protect Journalis...

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 5d

Ideology over experience.

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 5d

Exciting news - FCC Chairman Brendan Carr must explain himself in a hearing. The First Amendment has traditionally enjoyed bipartisan support because it matters to ALL Americans. As we said on Tuesday (see thread): Take politics out of the FCC! #FCC #PressFreedom www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 6d

The Committee to Protect Journalists and Free Press express deep concern that a United States Appeals Court rejected a motion for stay of removal in the case of Mario Guevara, meaning that the journalist could now be deported back to his native El Salvador.

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CPJ, Free Press express deep concern as Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation - Committee to Protect Journalists

Washington, D.C., October 1, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists and Free Press express deep concern that a United States Appeals Court rejected a motion for stay of removal in the case of Mario...

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 6d

NEW ⚡️⚡️ The devastation in #Sudan has witnesses and local journalists are paying a high price as they cover an undercovered story.

Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 6d

Journalists in Sudan’s El-Fasher are trapped under siege. They endure violence, hunger and relentless bombardment alongside the civilians they report on.

Read CPJ’s new investigation⤵️
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“I chose to stay so I can be the voice of my people who now have none. Journalism here is not just a job, it is a duty, even if it costs us our lives.” — Journalist Muammar Ibrahim in El-Fasher, Sudan

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