Lee Ling Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Lee and Ling: ‘Instinctively, we ran.’

September 2, 2009 12:08 PM EDT

Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee were arrested by North Korean police on March 17 for allegedly entering the country illegally and carrying out “hostile acts.” In June, they were sentenced to 12 years’ hard labor. Now back in the U.S. after receiving a pardon, the two are telling their story on Current.com,…

Saberi joyful about Lee, Ling homecoming

August 5, 2009 11:57 AM EDT

Roxana Saberi, who was imprisoned in Iran for nearly four months, published a statement on her personal Web site to Euna Lee and Laura Ling after their release from North Korea on Tuesday. Saberi had previously expressed her support for the two imprisoned journalists in an interview with CPJ on June 9.

Ling, Lee pardoned in North Korea, reports say

August 4, 2009 4:15 PM EDT

New York, August 4, 2009–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes media reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has pardoned and ordered the release of imprisoned journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee after former U.S. President Bill Clinton arrived in Pyongyang today.

CPJ welcomes reports that Lee, Ling to be freed

August 4, 2009 3:58 PM EDT

We issued the following statement in response to reports today from the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) that imprisoned U.S. journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling have been pardoned and will be released:

In North Korea, new negotiations for Lee, Ling

August 4, 2009 9:29 AM EDT

The Committee to Protect Journalists is encouraged by news reports that former U.S. President Bill Clinton traveled to North Korea to negotiate the release of two American television journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling. They were convicted on June 8 of entering North Korea illegally and planning “hostile acts” and were sentenced to 12 years’…

North Korea should grant amnesty to Ling, Lee

July 16, 2009 3:55 PM EDT

New York, July 16, 2009–North Korea should grant amnesty to U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who have now been jailed four months following their arrest on the North Korean-Chinese border, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Lee, Ling supporters hold vigil to keep case in spotlight

June 25, 2009 5:46 PM EDT

Last night, about 300 people gathered at San Francisco’s Academy of Art University for a vigil for U.S. television journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling. Today marks the 100th day of captivity in North Korea for the women, who were arrested in March by North Korean guards while filming a story about refugees for the…

Transparency sought in Lee, Ling case

June 17, 2009 2:41 PM EDT

New York, June 17, 2009–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on North Korean authorities to demonstrate greater transparency in their treatment of imprisoned U.S. television reporters Euna Lee and Laura Ling.

Saberi to Lee and Ling: ‘You are not alone’

June 9, 2009 3:24 PM EDT

Roxana Saberi, who was imprisoned in Iran for nearly four months, offers her thoughts on the detentions of U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee in North Korea. In this interview with CPJ, Saberi, left, said she was “amazed and very moved at the support I received” while in prison. “You are not alone,” she…

Saberi voices support for colleagues held in North Korea

June 8, 2009 5:04 PM EDT

Journalist Roxana Saberi, recently detained in Iran, asked us to release this statement on her behalf in response to the convictions of Laura Ling and Euna Lee in North Korea: “As a fellow journalist, I am shocked and saddened to hear about the heavy sentence handed to Laura Ling and Euna Lee. I hope that…