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No Freedom for Laura Ling and Euna Lee

By | 05.11.09 | 9:07 am

While Roxana Saberi’s imprisonment by the Iranians has attracted widespread international attention, fellow U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, detained in North Korea, have been less visible cases. The Wall Street Journal reports things appear to be getting worse for them:

Under international criminal law, defendants have the

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Freedom for Roxana Saberi

By | 05.11.09 | 8:57 am

Extremely relieving news for a Monday morning:

An Iranian appeals court has reduced the eight-year jail sentence for Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi to a suspended two-year term and she will soon be freed, her defense lawyer told Reuters on Monday.

Reuters further reported that Saberi’s parents will pick her up More…