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Thursday, February 21, 2008 - Posts

Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:05 AM

Russia continues crackdown on dissenting views

Just so no one thinks I am a "Johnny One Note" by always talking about China, the AP reports that Russia has banned the entry of the director of Human Rights Watch. Why should we, as journalists be concerned about this? This most recent action
posted by DanKubiske | 0 Comments
Thursday, February 21, 2008 6:18 AM

Comment on Ching Cheong case

After 1,000 days in Chinese prison for being a journalist Ching Cheong was finally released. Too bad hardly anyone reading American news outlets know anything about this. (Yes, there are stories from AP and other wires, but at best the story got two grafs
posted by DanKubiske | 0 Comments
Thursday, February 21, 2008 6:16 AM

Jailed journalist contemplated suicide -AFP

Wed Feb 20, 10:34 PM ET Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong, who was freed from a Chinese prison this month, contemplated suicide during the darkest days of his detention, he told the Singapore newspaper he works for Thursday. He survived through reading
posted by DanKubiske | 0 Comments