Comments on: Amnesty International Using Detained Journalists to Promote Themselves http://rokdrop.com/2009/06/27/amnesty-international-using-detained-journalists-to-promote-themselves/ Korea From North to South Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:55:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sonagi http://rokdrop.com/2009/06/27/amnesty-international-using-detained-journalists-to-promote-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-341689 Sonagi Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:53:47 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=14451#comment-341689 I clicked on the ad to see what came next: a form email that would be sent to some unnamed representative of the Chinese government. The sender was required to submit full name, full address, and email, information that can be added to mailing and email lists that Amnesty may use for future campaigns and may sell to other organizations. Amnesty's campaign may spread awareness of the the two journalists' detention, but that won't get them released any faster. Public attention could even be counterproductive. A couple days ago news stories detailed health concerns about the women. I think North Korea let the Swedish Embassy personnel see these women and become aware of their health problems as a way of putting pressure on the US government and/or Current TV to pay ransom. I clicked on the ad to see what came next: a form email that would be sent to some unnamed representative of the Chinese government. The sender was required to submit full name, full address, and email, information that can be added to mailing and email lists that Amnesty may use for future campaigns and may sell to other organizations.

Amnesty’s campaign may spread awareness of the the two journalists’ detention, but that won’t get them released any faster. Public attention could even be counterproductive. A couple days ago news stories detailed health concerns about the women. I think North Korea let the Swedish Embassy personnel see these women and become aware of their health problems as a way of putting pressure on the US government and/or Current TV to pay ransom.

]]> By: James http://rokdrop.com/2009/06/27/amnesty-international-using-detained-journalists-to-promote-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-341662 James Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:25:05 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=14451#comment-341662 Amnesty International may be promoting themselves by paying for this ad, but it also spreads the word that Euna Lee and Laura Ling exist and should be free. A lot of people seeing this ad probably wouldn't have even heard about the two journalists, and the ad might want to make them find out more about the story. Amnesty International may be promoting themselves by paying for this ad, but it also spreads the word that Euna Lee and Laura Ling exist and should be free.

A lot of people seeing this ad probably wouldn't have even heard about the two journalists, and the ad might want to make them find out more about the story.

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