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Government,
Constitutional Law,
Civil Rights

Sep. 5, 2017

An assault on the freedom of the press

The UN high commissioner for human rights recently railed against President Trump for his attack on freedom of the press.

Duffy Carolan

Partner
Jassy Vick Carolan LLP

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U of San Francisco School of Law

Duffy regularly litigates access to public records under the FOIA and state counterpart as part of her media law practice.

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An assault on the freedom of the press
Reporters watch from a rise as Donald Trump, then a Republican presidential hopeful, speaks at a campaign event in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Jan. 30, 2016. (New York Times News Service)

FIRST & FOREMOST

Has it really come to this?

The United Nations high commissioner for human rights recently railed against President Donald Trump for his attack on freedom of the press, which the commissioner says could provoke violence against journalists. Speaking at a news conference in Geneva on Aug. 30, High Commissioner Zeid Ra `ad al-Hussein, in reference to the Washington Post, New York Times and CNN,...

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