US EditionStanford Student Journalist Arrested At Protest Will Not Be Charged: DA
- The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office announced that Dilan Gohill, a Stanford student journalist, will not face charges related to his June arrest while covering a protest, stating that there was no evidence he did anything other than cover the event as a journalist.
- Gohill was arrested while reporting on a pro-Gaza demonstration, as confirmed by the District Attorney's investigation, which supported his claim that he was present as a journalist and not participating in protests.
- District Attorney Jeff Rosen emphasized support for a free press, noting, 'We have no evidence that this student did anything other than cover this event as a journalist.'
- Gohill expressed concerns that his arrest and the university's response have negatively impacted independent student journalism and created a chilling effect on press freedom.
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Letter from the Editors: Our reporter’s case was dropped
Dear Community, Today, the Santa Clara District Attorney’s Office announced their decision to decline to file charges against Daily reporter and current news editor Dilan Gohill ’27. He was arrested last spring while covering a protest of the president’s office and faced potential charges of felony burglary, felony vandalism and conspiracy to commit the two. “This Office supports a free press and recognizes that the law gives reporters latitude …
Stanford Student Journalist Arrested At Protest Will Not Be Charged: DA
Stanford Student Reporter Arrested At Protest Will Not Be Charged: DA - Redwood City-Woodside, CA - The delay in a charging decision had a chilling effect on student journalists, according to lawyer Max Szabo.
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East Bay TimesStanford student journalist will not face charges related to June protest arrest, DA says
STANFORD — A student journalist at Stanford University will not face criminal charges related to his arrest last June while covering a group of pro-Gaza demonstrators who barricaded themselves inside the president’s office, following months of public pressure from free-speech advocates to clear the student’s name. On Thursday, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office announced that it will not file charges against Dilan Gohill, who was …
Stanford Student Journalist Won’t Face Criminal Charges for Coverage of Student Protests - The Silicon Valley Voice
A Stanford University student journalist who entered a campus building last summer while covering a student protest in support of Palestinians during the war between Israel and Hamas will not be criminally charged, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said on March 6. The decision comes about six weeks after the university said it had concluded an investigation into its own possible disciplinary action against the reporter, Dilan Go…
Stanford student journalist won’t be charged after 9-month probe into protest coverage - Local News Matters
A Stanford University student journalist who entered a campus building last summer while covering a student protest in support of Palestinians during the war between Israel and Hamas will not be criminally charged, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said.The decision comes about six weeks after the university said it had concluded an investigation into its own possible disciplinary action against the reporter, Dilan Gohill, whose …
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