Politico: Bill Clinton will try to secure release of US journalists held in North Korea
August 4th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Press freedom and ethics
The former president Bill Clinton has gone to to North Korea to try and win the release of two women journalists who have been detained since March 17, Politico learned from a Washington source.
“North Korean officials told one family that they would release the women to Clinton, the source said. The family then approached the former president.”
Laura Ling, 32, and Euna Lee, 36 are reporters for Current TV, and were arrested in March near the China-North Korea border while reporting on the trafficking of women. They were sentenced to 12 years hard labour in June.
Full Politico story at this link…
A campaign to release the journalists can be found at http://www.lauraandeuna.com/ and on Twitter: @LiberateLauraSF.
Tags: Bill Clinton, China, Euna Lee, Laura Ling, North Korea, President, Twitter, United States, Washington
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