Sep 29, 2018
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United Nations, New York, USA, September 28, 2018 – Amal Clooney Participated on a Side Event on Press Behind Bars: Undermining Justice and Democracy today at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Photos: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire By Kurt Wheelock UNITED NATIONS — At the UN on September 28, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney called for the release of journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo by Myanmar, which detained them in December 2017 while they were investigating the murder of Rohingya men and boys in the Rakhine State village of Inn Din. “Police planted government documents on the journalists while [Read More]
Al-Jazeera Journalists detained in Egypt by La Shawn Pagán With news of the downing of Malaysian Flight MH17 shot down over Ukraine and the on-going battle for land in the Gaza strip flooding most of media outlets around the globe – three journalists have been detained in Egypt since June 23 and barely anyone is talking about it. Peter Greste from Australia, Mohamed Adel Fahmy a Canadian-Egyptian, and Egyptian Baher Mohamed, all Al-Jazeera staff members – have been detained once again by Egyptian authorities. This time under allegations of being affiliated with a terrorist organization that goes by the name [Read More]
