US journalist says prison preferable to ditching her constitutional rights

Maureen Murphy explains why she prefers to risk imprisonment than testify before a grand jury in Chicago, USA, insisting that she will not be forced to account to the government for exercising her constitutionally protected freedoms of speech and association.

”We have done nothing wrong and risk being jailed because we have exercised our rights to free speech, to organize and to hold our government accountable. It is a dark day for America when people face jail for exercising the rights that we hold so dear.” Maureen Murphy

I have been summoned to appear before a federal grand jury in Chicago on 25 January. But I will not testify, even at the risk of being put in jail for contempt of court, because I believe that our most fundamental rights as citizens are at stake.

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