Press Freedom Bill Would Protect Journalists Facing Persecution — but Not Julian Assange
Senators say they want to protect foreign journalists from government aggression. But what happens when the U.S. is the aggressor?
Rose Adams
Rose Adams is a Spring 2021 Politics Fellow at The Intercept. She previously covered New York City politics and news with Brooklyn Paper and amNewYork, and graduated from Middlebury College with a B.A. in Arabic language and literature.
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