http://dagblog.com/link/president-who-had-yemeni-journalist-jailed-criticizes-impunity-mistreatment-journalists-18997 Comments for "President Who Had Yemeni Journalist Jailed Criticizes Impunity for Mistreatment of Journalists" en http://dagblog.com/comment/200442#comment-200442 <a id="comment-200442"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/president-who-had-yemeni-journalist-jailed-criticizes-impunity-mistreatment-journalists-18997">President Who Had Yemeni Journalist Jailed Criticizes Impunity for Mistreatment of Journalists</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><blockquote> <p>It’s a wonderful sentiment, but I wonder if President Obama has thought this through.</p> <p>After all, as Jeremy Scahill <a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/166757/why-president-obama-keeping-journalist-prison-yemen">reported</a> several years ago, President Obama personally intervened to ensure that Yemeni journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye would remain in prison after having been tortured and subjected to a trumped up trial.</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Mon, 03 Nov 2014 18:50:06 +0000 A Guy Called LULU comment 200442 at http://dagblog.com