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Thread: Two women Journalists on trial in North Korea.

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    Two women Journalists on trial in North Korea.

    The old chestnuts of US spying have been brought against :


    Euna Lee : Korean American

    Laura Ling : Chinese American


    The International Women in Media Federation (IWMF) has called for their Immeadiate release :

    IWMF : International Women's Media Foundation - IWMF Calls for Fair Trial, Release of Journalists in North Korea

    RSF: Reporters sans frontières - Reporters Without Borders - Reporteros sin fronteras

    have also been involved in petitioning for a fair trial and their release.

    Beeb Link :http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8082346.stm

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    Searched also the Committee to Protect Journalists site which has this letter:

    CPJ, IFEX members seek support in Lee, Ling case - Committee to Protect Journalists

    [CPJ]

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    Thx, am out of rep at the moment, or was = sign the petition if you want to aid in increasing publicity IWMF : International Women's Media Foundation - Home

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    Why are they referred to as "women journalists"? Would it be less of an issue if they were male?

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    IWMF : International Women's Media Foundation - Home .

    Theres been a huge % increase in violence against women writers, hence tags.
    Last edited by Christine Murray; 5th June 2009 at 10:56 AM.

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    The two journalists have each received 12 years in a forced labour camp, details IWMF : International Women's Media Foundation - Home ,

    Family + friends support at Facebook link in comments above ^
    Last edited by Christine Murray; 9th June 2009 at 12:48 PM.

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    What kind of sentence are they facing?
    History will absolve me

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