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Miami Police Arrest At Least 5 Independent Journalists |
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by Sascha Meinrath
Email: sascha (nospam) ucimc.org (verified) |
21 Nov 2003
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Five independent journalists (including at least three IMC reporters) are in jail tonight after they were arrested by Miami police while they were covering the FTAA protests.
Instructions for how you can help get them out are below: |
At least three of the folks arrested are friends of mine, so please take 5 minutes to let officials in Miami know that these reporters should be released immediately.
--Sascha
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Miami police have arrested at least five independent journalists including Democracy Now! producer Ana Nogueira while they were covering the protests surrounding the Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiators.
Sources at the Independent Media Center say at least three IMC reporters have been arrested: Jenny Lee and Mike Medow, both of Michigan Indymedia, as well as an IMC reporter who goes by the name of Winter. A television producer with the Madison, Wisc. station WYOU was also arrested.
The arrests occurred around 5 p.m. outside the Miami-Dade County Jail where dozens of protesters are being held.
The Miami Herald is reporting that television helicopter footage showed the arrests were made while the crowd was dispersing as ordered by the Miami police.
According to Democracy Now! Producer Jeremy Scahill, his efforts to alert the police that they had arrested a journalist were met with the reply, ?It doesn?t matter if she?s a journalist ? she shouldn?t have been there.?
Democracy Now! has posted information on its site as to how to help win the release of the arrested journalists:
Call/Email These Authorities:
FTAA Miami Unified Command
Joint Information Center
Phone: (305) 579-6420
Miami-Dade County Mayor Alex Penelas Director of Communications
Lynn Norman-Teck Cell: 786-256-4395
Pager: 305-291-0358
mayor (at) miamidade.gov
City of Miami
Mayor Manuel A. Diaz
Telephone: (305)250-5300
E-mail: mannydiaz (at) ci.miami.fl.us
Janet Lopez, Director Office of Communications
Phone: 305-416-1036
Pager:305-312-2981
Public Citizen has also set up a webpage that allows you to send a free fax to the Miami Mayor's office that allows you to send a free fax protesting the treatment of protesters and legal observers at the site. |
See also:
http://www.ftaaimc.org/en/2003/11/1719.shtml
http://www.ftaaimc.org/en/2003/11/1697.shtml
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