{"id":20401,"date":"2014-01-22T12:29:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T10:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/?p=20401"},"modified":"2025-11-30T09:46:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T08:46:43","slug":"boktips-438-dagar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2014\/01\/boktips-438-dagar\/","title":{"rendered":"Book tip: 438 days by Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-skribent-helena-bergstrom\">Writer: Helena Bergstr\u00f6m<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another book I read when we were in the Philippines was Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye's book 438 Days. This is their account of their imprisonment in an Ethiopian prison, after they entered the Ogaden to do a report on Lundin Oil.<\/p><div class=\"sharethis-buttons\"><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/twitter.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Tweet<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"facebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/facebook.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"linkedin\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/linkedin.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"pinterest\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/pinterest.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Pin<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"reddit\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/reddit.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"digg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/digg.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ett-otackt-aventyr\">A scary adventure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First and foremost, this is a thrilling account of Johan and Martin's harrowing adventures, which include long treks without food or water, gunshot wounds, mock executions and confinement in a cold and dirty prison. At the same time, of course, it is a story about so much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-vad-kan-och-bor-journalister-gora\">What can and should journalists do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What can and should journalists do? The world should of course receive reports even from places where journalists are not really welcome, otherwise we turn a blind eye to many crimes and human deaths. But does that mean you can break the laws of other countries? And if so, what risks should a journalist be prepared to take?<\/p><div class=\"freed-grupp-i-blogginlagg freed-entity-placement\" id=\"freed-273995700\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-slider-88752\" class=\"custom-slider freed-slider-2396976478 freed-slider\"><ul><li><div id=\"freed-386845640\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/se.adria-mobil.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"adria-freedom-top-banner-588x158px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-toppbanner-588x158px.gif\" alt=\"\"  width=\"588\" height=\"158\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li><div id=\"freed-1827252920\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ullbadden.se\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-224x60.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-18x5.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-433x116.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" width=\"588\" height=\"158\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><script>( window.advanced_ads_ready || jQuery( document ).ready ).call( null, function() {var $freedslider2396976478 = jQuery( \".freed-slider-2396976478\" );$freedslider2396976478.on( \"unslider.ready\", function() { jQuery( \"div.custom-slider ul li\" ).css( \"display\", \"block\" ); });$freedslider2396976478.unslider({ delay:4000, autoplay:true, nav:false, arrows:false, infinite:true });$freedslider2396976478.on(\"mouseover\", function() {$freedslider2396976478.unslider(\"stop\");}).on(\"mouseout\", function() {$freedslider2396976478.unslider(\"start\");});});<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johan and Martin themselves describe the book as \"our story of big politics, friendship and time as prisoners of the dictatorship\". 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