Author: soj

It’s time to tell the stories of two brothers, Jarallah al-Marri and Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri.  They are both citizens of Qatar.Jarallah is currently in Guantanamo Bay.  He was originally picked up on the...

In these frightening times when the American government is spending untold billions spying on its citizens and where the PATRIOT Act continues to infringe on civil liberties, I thought I’d share with you some of what...

[From the diaries by susanhu. Soj is on top of this story, per usual.] There are so many developments on the administration’s secret spying program today that I’ve got to give you a long list of links.They call it...

According to the human rights group Reporters Without Borders, Yahoo has cooperated with Chinese authorities to arrest a dissident named Li Zhi who has been given an 8 year jail sentence.Reporters Without Borders called on Yahoo...

I don’t think this will actually surprise any of you, but a new survey shows that Americans’ fear of Iran has risen dramatically in the last few months. Today, 27% of Americans cite Iran as the country that...