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Sebastian Lasse

@sl007@digitalcourage.social · 18 minutes ago

#LosAngeles
I am a journalist. I was covering the Afghanistan conflict.
I am from Europe, the nation always in the second row there – „a little off the front lines“.
We visited the gun factories in Darra and had Kalashnikows in our eyes- I did not see US soldiers there but:

I ASK YOU TO DEFEND PRESS FREEDOM TODAY AND TOMORROW !
And your democracy :_(

SAT Los Angeles City Hall at 2 p.m.

„Here are the planned actions across L.A.:“ https://laist.com/news/politics/la-nationwide-ice-out-protests-what-to-know-about-call-to-action

#LA #USPOL #PressFreedom #ICE
#LA0201 #FirstAmendment #GeorgiaFort #DonLemon, #JamaelLundy #TrahernCrews

LA to join nationwide ‘ICE Out’ protests. Here’s what to know about the call to action

Demonstrations will be held across the nation on Friday and Saturday.

Sebastian Lasse

@sl007@digitalcourage.social · 31 minutes ago

@Bundesregierung

Die SPD bezeichnet die #USA als "feindliche Macht".
Der Bundeskanzler bezeichnet die USA bis zuletzt als "Partner".

Ich verlange nun, daß der Kanzler mir erklärt, ob die #Pressefreiheit noch zu Deutschlands Grundwerten zählt.

#FirstAmendment #GeorgiaFort #DonLemon, #JamaelLundy #TrahernCrews

Sebastian Lasse

@sl007@digitalcourage.social · 39 minutes ago

Seth Stern, the chief of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation.:

“These arrests under bogus legal theories for obviously constitutionally protected reporting are clear warning shots aimed at other journalists […] The unmistakable message is that journalists must tread cautiously because the government is looking for any way to target them. […]
The answer to this outrageous attack is not fear or self-censorship. It’s an even stronger commitment to journalism, the truth, and the First Amendment. If the Trump administration thinks it can bully journalists into submission, it is wrong.”

Katherine Jacobsen, the US, Canada and Caribbean Program Coordinator at the Committee to Protect Journalists :

Lemon’s arrest “should alarm all Americans.
As an international organization, we know that the treatment of journalists is an indicator of the condition of a country’s democracy. The United States is doing poorly,”

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Sebastian Lasse

@sl007@digitalcourage.social replied · 39 minutes ago

Lisa Gilbert, Public Citizen:

“Reporters in America are free to view, document, and share information with the public,” Gilbert said. “This arrest is a constitutional violation, an outrage, an authoritarian breach, and utterly appalling.”

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/30/politics/don-lemon-custody
also Special Reports at the CPJ https://cpj.org/issue/press-freedom-in-the-us/

#GeorgiaFort #DonLemon, #JamaelLundy #TrahernCrews
#PressFreedom #USPOL #Fascism

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Committee to Protect Journalists

Press freedom in the US - Committee to Protect Journalists

Journalists working in the United States are facing extraordinary and intensifying pressures amid President Donald Trump’s second term. From frivolous lawsuits and serious restrictions on coverage, including the removal of experienced journalists from the White House and the Pentagon, to an unprecedented surge of immigration-related assaults on journalists by law enforcement, press freedom in the United States...

Don Lemon taken into custody | CNN Politics

Journalist Don Lemon was taken into custody on Thursday night, according to his attorney.

Seth of the Fediverse boosted

Sebastian Lasse

@sl007@digitalcourage.social · 2 hours ago

#FirstAmendment

RCFP statement on arrests of journalists Don Lemon, Georgia Fort

https://www.rcfp.org/lemon-fort-arrest-statement/

#GeorgiaFort #DonLemon, #JamaelLundy #TrahernCrews
#PressFreedom

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

RCFP statement on arrests of journalists Don Lemon, Georgia Fort

“To our knowledge, it's unprecedented for the Justice Department to deploy the federal laws it has previously cited in this case against journalistic activity.”

Sebastian Lasse

@sl007@digitalcourage.social · 2 hours ago

#FirstAmendment

RCFP statement on arrests of journalists Don Lemon, Georgia Fort

https://www.rcfp.org/lemon-fort-arrest-statement/

#GeorgiaFort #DonLemon, #JamaelLundy #TrahernCrews
#PressFreedom

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

RCFP statement on arrests of journalists Don Lemon, Georgia Fort

“To our knowledge, it's unprecedented for the Justice Department to deploy the federal laws it has previously cited in this case against journalistic activity.”

Sebastian Lasse

@sl007@digitalcourage.social · 2 hours ago

IPI North American Committee raises alarm over threats to press freedom in the U.S.
https://ipi.media/ipi-north-american-committee-raises-alarm-over-threats-to-press-freedom-in-the-u-s/

[video]
Georgia Fort livestreamed
her arrest
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/georgia-fort-arrest-journalist-minnesota-church-b2911041.html

#GeorgiaFort #DonLemon, #JamaelLundy #TrahernCrews
#PressFreedom

IPI North American Committee raises alarm over threats to press freedom in the U.S.

In a resolution adopted at its January 23 meeting in Washington, D.C., the North American Committee of the International Press Institute expressed concern over a series of recent events that threaten media freedom and free speech in the United States:

The Independent

Journalist goes live as FBI arrests her over Minnesota church protest

Georgia Fort said that her children were in her home as FBI agents came to take her into custody

Sebastian Lasse

@sl007@digitalcourage.social · 2 hours ago

Sparking Press Freedom Alarm
https://www.binnews.com/content/2026-01-30-georgia-fort-arrested-after-don-lemon-sparking-press-freedom-alarm/

#GeorgiaFort #DonLemon, #JamaelLundy #TrahernCrews
#PressFreedom

BIN: Black Information Network

Journalist Georgia Fort Arrested After Don Lemon, Sparking Press Freedom Alarm | BIN: Black Information Network

The arrest of journalist Georgia Fort has intensified outrage over what many are calling a dangerous escalation against the press — particularly Black journalists — following the federal arrest of Don Lemon just hours earlier.

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