SEJ Condemns Indonesia Arrest of Mongabay Journalist

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SEJ Condemns Indonesia Arrest of Mongabay Journalist

January 22, 2020

The Society of Environmental Journalists condemned Indonesia’s arrest and imprisonment of Philip Jacobson, an editor for the environmental news site Mongabay. In a Jan. 22 letter to the ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia and to officials with the U.S. Department of State, SEJ President Meera Subramanian called for Jacobson’s prompt release, for charges against him to be dropped and for his passport to be returned. Read more.