21.   The lawyer of a jailed journalist in Belarus convinced him Thursday to end his one-day-old hunger strike because of health conditions.

22.   The Kremlin meeting touched upon the thorny issue of jailed journalists who were working for Russian state ORT television in Belarus.

23.   The Paris-based Reporters without Borders said it has written to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba demanding that the jailed journalists be allowed to appear in court.

24.   The trial of a jailed dissident journalist charged with spying has begun and a verdict is expected soon, an Iranian human rights activist was quoted Sunday as saying.

25.   They planned several rallies for next week in defense of jailed journalists.

26.   Vietnam on Wednesday criticized the World Association of Newspapers for giving an award to a jailed Vietnamese journalist.

27.   Vipheak was the second jailed journalist to be pardoned by the king in two months.

28.   Four people who took part in a rally demanding the release of jailed Russian journalist Grigory Pasko have been arrested, the Interfax news agency said Tuesday.

29.   Ganji and Baghi are jailed pro-reform journalists.

30.   Ex-Beirut hostage, Terry Anderson condemned Thursday the lack of human rights in Russia and vowed to campaign for jailed Russian journalist Grigory Pasko.