Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by Marian Houk
A Sudanese journalist working for Al-Jazeera Television was released from Guantanamo prison camp yesterday after six years of detention and sixteen months on a hunger strike. He was never charged with any crime.
Upon his arrival in Sudan, he was carried off the plane on a stretcher, and taken straight to the hospital.
AP quoted him [...]
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Posted on November 30th, 2007 by Marian Houk
This teacher could have received 40 lashes, but was sentenced instead to 15 days in jail — while demonstrators are calling for her execution. Her crime? Officially, that she allowed her students to name a class teddy bear “Muhammad”. Scholars can debate whether this is in any way an offense against [...]
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