NZ Journo Dawson Seeks RU Asylum

grarpamp grarpamp at gmail.com
Wed Jan 4 19:13:40 PST 2017


http://wearechange.org/wrc-journalist-applied-asylum-russia/

She is one of the most accomplished independent New Zealand
journalists on the international stage, but most New Zealanders have
never heard of her. We Are Change investigative reporter Suzie Dawson
is a renowned journalist whose work has been recommended by a Pulitzer
Prize winner, Hollywood celebrities and WikiLeaks. She is presently
living in Russia, awaiting a decision on her application for temporary
asylum.
Dawson has written for a number of American and European mainstream
and alternative media outlets over the years and her photos, videos
and social media commentary has been featured in dozens of others. She
may be the first NZ journalist ever to seek asylum—certainly the first
to do so in Russia—yet despite her having been amplified by countless
media organizations and public figures like WikiLeaks, Kim Dotcom,
Russell Brand, Glenn Greenwald, John Cusack, Roseanne Barr, Bianca
Jagger and more, media in New Zealand have so far completely ignored
her achievements, her persecution by intelligence agencies opposed to
her work and her plea for asylum in Russia. By all appearances, New
Zealand media have been complicit in a full blackout on her entire
situation.

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