VIEQUES:
The U.S. District Court of Puerto Rico Nov. 30 denied a request by 10 journalists to dismiss charges against them for trespassing on a Vieques island naval base last June while covering a protest against the U.S. Navy's presence there. Arrested on Camp García Naval Installation, the journalists argued that Their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech were violated.
The Navy has used Vieques to stage war games for the past 40 years.
The Center for Freedom of the Press in Puerto Rico called the arrests an attempt by the federal government to silence journalists' efforts to cover the controversy.
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