(Washington) A US federal judge on Friday blocked the Pentagon’s new policy limiting press access, which resulted in the withdrawal of accreditations from most major media outlets.
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Seized by the New York Times in December, a judge concluded that much of this new accreditations policy “violates” several amendments to the American Constitution, notably the First, guaranteeing freedom of expression.
In a recent document, almost unanimously rejected by the American and international press, including AFP, the ministry asked accredited journalists to no longer solicit or publish certain information without explicit authorization from it, at the risk of losing their accreditation.
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