| Amid UN
Press Freedom
Claims
Application by
Inner City
Press to Enter
Is 2024 Litmus
Test
by
Matthew Russell Lee
UN GATE, June 19
–
On World Press
Freedom Day,
the United
Nations of
Antonio
Guterres
claimed to be
in support of
journalists
being able to
do their work
without
hinderance.
But UN Global
Communications
chief Melissa
Fleming put
out a video of
Guterres
equating what
he (and she)
characterize
as
disinformation
as the threat
to press
freedom,
Guterres has banned
Inner City
Press from
entering the
UN since 2018,
when it exposed
the omission
of links to
bribery firm
CEFC China
Energy from
his financial
disclosure.
On
June 19, 2024,
Inner City
Press
submitted an
application to
cover the UN
General
Assembly,
letter here.
Law
firm Quinn
Emanuel, on a
pro bono
basis, wrote
to Fleming and
the UN
Correspondents
Association
(with state
media of China
on its board
of directors)
seeking a
dialogue to
reinstate
Inner City
Press. Later,
so did the pro
bono law firm
of Duane
Morris.
There
has been no
answer to an appeal
to Guterres
head of
security
Gilles
Michaud.
But
now, the application.
Watch this
site.
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