A U.S. congressman called on the Bush administration to intervene on behalf of a Bangladeshi journalist facing sedition charges for advocating ties with Israel. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asking her to “use the full influence of your office to correct a grave injustice” being committed against Shoaib Choudhury, editor of the English-language Weekly Blitz newspaper.
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