Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

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13 Jan, 2021

Behind The Walls

‘Hotel Rwanda’ & Paul Rusesabagina’s trial

Rusesabagina, a businessman whose role in saving more than 1,000 lives during the 1994 genocide inspired the film Hotel Rwanda, was sentenced to 25 years…

6 April, 2022

Sami Alhaj Guantánamo Memoir/3/

“Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.”

17 January, 2021

Sami Alhaj Guantánamo Memoir/2/

My hunger strike coincided with the first week of January 2007.

13 January, 2021

Sami Alhaj Guantánamo Memoir/1/

They robbed me of my best days, my best weeks, the best months, and years of my life without any sense of guilt. But I…

11 January, 2021

Still a Black Hole: Guantánamo Bay 19 years on Still a Black Hole: Guantánamo Bay 19 years on/ Clive Stafford Smith

The prison comes with a long history, and it has always been about avoiding the rule of law. If you walk into the UK parliament…

11 January, 2021

The Experience of Facing Imminent Execution by Shakib Wali / Orlando Hall (scheduled for execution November 19)

Orlando Hall found his way to redemption through his Islamic faith. He wrote an OpEd on why he became a Muslim and what this says…

12 November, 2020