Despite Obama’s promises to close it, the prison remains open with no end in sight. “They used dogs on us, they beat me, sometimes they hung me from the ceiling and didn’t allow me to sleep for six days,” Al Jazeera journalist Sami al-Haj, who spent six years in Guantanamo Bay prison, told Al Jazeera. [...]
Yearly Archives: 2012
Dahr Appears on Al Jazeera Inside Story, “A slap on the wrist for BP?”
As Gulf of Mexico continues to suffer the effects of the 2010 oil spill, Al Jazeera’s Inside Story Americas discusses if BP’s $4.5bn settlement is sufficient. Al Jazeera English
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2012: A Year of Human Rights Challenges
As Human Rights violations continue around the world, will 2013 be a better year? International Human Rights day is celebrated on December 10, but from a human rights perspective, 2012 has been more of a year to learn from than one to celebrate. Human Rights Day was chosen to honour the UN General Assembly’s adoption [...]