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Censorship
in Turkey
& Kuwait
Raised at UN
by Free UN
Coalition for
Access
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
January 6 --
Amid attacks
on journalists
and freedom of
expression in
countries all
over the
world, the
United Nations
under
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon is no
sanctuary, nor
champion, the
Free
UN Coalition
for Access
has found.
Beyond stealth
attempts
to get the
Press thrown
out of the UN,
there is often
little but
platitudes
about attacks
elsewhere.
FUNCA is
Pressing the
issue.
On January 6,
Inner City
Press on
behalf of the
Free
UN Coalition
for Access
asked UN
Spokesman
Stephane
Dujarric about
attacks by
Turkey on
Dutch
journalist
Frederike
Geerdink whose
home in
Diyarbakir was
searched amid
dark
self-serving
of terrorism.
UN Spokesman
Dujarric
replied he
hadn't heard
of the case. Video here.
Also on
January 6,
FUNCA asked UN
Spokesman
Dujarric about
Kuwait
sentencing to
one year and
eight months
in jail Saqr
Al-Hashash for
insulting -
Tweeting
against -- the
Emir. The UN's
response was a
platitude. But
FUNCA will
continue.
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