Free Laura and Euna Video Project
On March 17, 2009, our friends Laura Ling and Euna Lee were captured by North Korean border guards in the Yalu River region that loosely defines North Korea’s border with China. They were arrested while shooting a story for Current TV about North Korean refugees.
Since then we have been anxiously consuming every bit of news we could get while feeling scared for our friends and also frustrated with our inability to help them.
Today we found out they were sentenced to 12 years in a dismal North Korean labor camp. This simply cannot stand.
This is our call to action:
IMPORTANT If you get an error message at registry try going straight to Seesmic.
Join us. Reply to the video thread above (it will take 2 seconds to sign up for a Seesmic account). Tell us your name, where you live, and hold up a sign demanding the freedom of Euna Lee and Laura Ling.
(edit 6/9/09)
Some people are having trouble signing up to Seesmic. If you can’t get on Seesmic, try Youtube and leave a video response to this video:
Embed these videos, tweet them, and post them on your Facebook. It’s time for everyone around the world to stand up and show support for Euna and Laura. Let’s bring them home.
OTHER WAYS TO HELP via freeroxana.net
FOLLOW ON TWITTER
http://twitter.com/liberatelaura
JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=60755553149
SIGN THE PETITION FOR THEIR RELEASE
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/free-euna-and-laura
WRITE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
WRITE YOUR SENATOR
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
WRITE YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
READ AND SUBSCRIBE TO
http://liberatelaura.wordpress.com
Update on Laura and Euna
They’re going to be put on trail for illegal entry into North Korea and hostile acts.
It looks to me like they’re being used as bargaining chips. I hope the U.S. government acts quickly to get them back.
Detained in North Korea
Laura Ling and Euna Lee, journalists for Current TV’s Vanguard unit are missing after being taken into custody by North Korean border guards at the Chinese – North Korean border. They were detained in the Yalu river region while producing a piece about North Korean defectors to China. At the present time their exact whereabouts are unknown. The U.S. State department is working with the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang to get more information.
To learn more about the story read this ABC article.
Both Laura and Euna are friends of TeamJaded. Laura was largely responsible for getting my first pod’s to air at Current. She used her limited budget to send me, an unproven skater kid to Louisiana during the Katrina madness to produce my first significant work. Her help launched me on the path that I’m still following today, and for that she has my eternal gratitude. I have an enormous amount of respect and admiration for her.
So here at TeamJaded our hearts go out to both Laura and Euna. We hope that they are safe and being treated fairly. Hopefully this situation will be resolved quickly.
To Laura and Euna, we are awaiting your safe return.