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Morris receives visa after pressure from press organizations

After denying Hollman Morris, an independent Colombian journalist, a U.S. visa, the U.S. State Department received pressure from International Press Institute and other international organizations. On July 27, the State Department reversed its decision. Morris can now travel to Harvard and begin his Nieman Foundation fellowship.

For more information leading to this reversal, read the previous story by clicking on the link to the left.

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