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Clare Rewcastle Brown
Born
OccupationJournalist
Years active28


Clare Rewcastle Brown is best known for being an environmental journalist and founder of sarawakreport.org. [1]

Early Life

Clare lived in Sarawak until she was 8 years old, attending primary school there. She then moved to the United Kingdom where she eventually became a journalist.

Career

Clare Rewcastle Brown is a journalist and founder of SarawakReport [2] She covers mostly environmental issues, specifically the concerns of deforestation in Sarawak. She also runs Radio Free Sarawak [3].Until recently both SarawakReport and Radio Free Sarawak were anonymously run.

Clare is former British premier Gordon Brown’s sister-in-law. Gordon wrote a piece for The Independent about her environmental efforts on behalf of Sarawak, which he calls, “[the] biggest environmental crime of our times.” [4].

References

  1. ^ "Mystery Figures Behind Sarawak Report & Radio Free Sarawak Reveal". BINTULU. accessdate= 2011-02-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing pipe in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Anti-Taib website, radio run by ex-PM Brown's sis-in-law". Malaysiakini. accessdate= 2011-02-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing pipe in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Mystery Figures Behind Sarawak Report & Radio Free Sarawak Reveal". BINTULU. accessdate= 2011-02-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing pipe in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Fight for the Borneo rainforest: Gordon Brown celebrates the role of journalist Clare Rewcastle". The Independent. accessdate= 2011-03-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing pipe in: |date= (help)

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