For the last few months, along with a few committed friends and supporters, I have attempted through blogs and articles to keep attention on the situation regarding my close friend Laura Ling and her colleague Euna Lee who were imprisoned in North Korea for the last 4.5 months. Today because of the efforts of many people including the thousands of activists, supporters, and well-wishers on channels like this one, Laura and Euna were pardoned and are currently on their way home to their families with former President Bill Clinton.
On behalf of the many committed advocates for Laura and Euna’s safe return home, both those who published blogs and articles on channels like this one and those that supported us and spread the word, I’d like to thank everyone who signed the petition seeking their amnesty, tweeted, commented, or even said a prayer on Laura and Euna’s behalf. We – their friends – are very grateful for all of your efforts and ask for your continued thoughts and prayers as the girls return home, reunite with their families, and heal from this unfathomable experience.
- Gotham Chopra
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- What Have You Done in the Last 114 Days?
- Michael Jackson and Kim Jong Il
- Dear North Korea: Free Laura and Euna (Now)
- Laura Ling & Euna Lee – A Foreign Policy Crisis
- Intend the Return of Laura Ling and Euna Lee
- Obama and North Korea – Not Too Much to Ask
- Sign the Petition to Free Laura Ling and Euna Lee
- What You Can Do For Laura Ling and Euna Lee
- What the Captured American Journalists in North Korea Could Mean for Diplomacy
- You can help Roxanne Saberi, Euna Lee, and Laura Ling
Gotham Chopra regularly blogs at www.intent.com
posted August 6, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Dear Chopra, I like your warm hearted nature, I am sure you have heard about the situation in Iran about the school boys and girls so young being jailed, tortured,raped, by their government,for their freedom , my request is that will you pray for people in Iran to rid of this savages called Government, I ask for your influence to gather people from all source of life pray like you have for those two journalist to be free and have three American journalist that are being captured also, if you will any way you can think of for this beautiful land Iran once again get free of evil minded people that occupied the country for 30years by their savagery behaver.
Thank you for your time
Yasmin
posted August 15, 2009 at 11:04 pm
I thank God that the two woman are back and safe. But I can’t help but think that they should not have put themselves so close to the border. Other people working on their behalf could have been hurt trying to get them out. I wish journalists and reporters would be more careful, they not only endanger themselves but other innocent people as well.