BoingBoing reader Jim Rosenberg says,
The UN’s head of mission in Sudan, Jan Pronk [Ed.: that’s him in the photo at left], has been expelled after writing in his personal blog that Sudan’s army was experiencing low morale after suffering setbacks in the Darfur region.So who wins here? Probably nobody. Pronk reportedly was warned many times to not post his personal views in a public forum (that’s not good diplomacy, right?) and now the UN has to reassess its team and its stance in Sudan. The government in that country, meanwhile, looks foolish and has drawn severe criticism from around the world.
This may be the most extreme case yet of someone losing their position because of a blog.
Link to Jim’s blog post. BBC report: Link. Jan Pronk’s blog: Link.