Thursday, July 20, 2006 Bonn, Calgary, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Melbourne, New York, Paris, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, Seattle, Toronto.      

WHAT: TEN CITIES PRESS CONFERENCE FOR JAILED JOURNALIST
The press conference is a coordinated public appeal for the release of journalist Ching Cheong, the chief China correspondent for Singapore's The Straits Times newspaper.  He has been detained in China since April 2005 and is scheduled to be sentenced later this month. He has been accused of spying.   A video appeal by his wife will be shown.
Participating cities in the press conference are:
Bonn, Calgary, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Melbourne, New York, Paris, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, Seattle, Toronto.