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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

American journalist endures record jail term

Freelance videographer and blogger Josh Wolf has just set a rather sad record by having spent the longest period in jail by a US journalist in the US. Yesterday marked his 169th day in prison for refusing to comply with a subpoena which demands that he hands over footage he shot of a 2005 political protest in San Francisco. Journalists, civil libertarians and politicians gathered to mark the occasion. San Francisco Bay Guardian publisher and editor Bruce Brugmann proclaimed Wolf "a hero". (Via Mercury-Register)

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