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Journalists Arrested at Protest: Charges Spark Outcry

9/30/2025

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Journalists Madeline Fening and Lucas Griffith were arrested in July while covering a protest over the detention of Egyptian immigrant Ayman Soliman.
The arrests reflect a pattern: 318 of 386 journalist protest-arrest cases since 2017.
Charges were downgraded from felony rioting to misdemeanors; Prosecutor Rob Sanders says reporter status is irrelevant, while over twenty media groups urge dropping the charges.

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Story summary

Journalists Madeline Fening and Lucas Griffith were arrested in July while covering a protest over the detention of Egyptian immigrant Ayman Soliman.
The arrests reflect a pattern: 318 of 386 journalist protest-arrest cases since 2017.
Charges were downgraded from felony rioting to misdemeanors; Prosecutor Rob Sanders says reporter status is irrelevant, while over twenty media groups urge dropping the charges.