Chicago Tribune
Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent
Paul Salopek was charged with espionage and two other criminal counts in a Sudanese court Saturday, three weeks after he was detained by pro-government forces in the war-torn province of Darfur. Salopek was on a freelance assignment for National Geographic magazine when he was arrested. Tribune editor
Ann Marie Lipinski says: "He is not a spy. ...We are deeply worried about Paul and his well-being, and appeal to the government of Sudan to return him safely home."
