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Egyptian coalition decries delay in verdict of Mohamed Fahmy retrial

[audio https://ia601508.us.archive.org/25/items/MohamedKamel/Mohamed%20Kamel%20Egypt%20interview%20(Final%20cut)%20mp3%20(1).mp3] Click here to download audio. An Egyptian court has recently postponed the verdict to the retrial of the Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy and of his two Al Jazeera colleagues, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed, to August 29. In December 2013,Fahmy, Greste, and Mohamed  were arrested and charged with allegedly being involved with the Muslim Brotherhood, a terrorist organization […]

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Detained and Abandoned Part Two: The Canadian government’s response and Khadr’s status as a child soldier

Omar Khadr’s 40-year prison sentence was handed to him on Sunday, 31 October. In anticipation of our update on the story from Guantanamo Bay, which is set to air on Tuesday’s Off the Hour (2 November), please hav a listen to the second part of our documentary series (which aired on 29 September). Produced by […]

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Detained and Abandoned: The case of Omar Khadr

Detained and Abandoned: The case of Omar Khadr When President George W. Bush declared war on Afghanistan in 2001, his military order stipulated that captives should “be detained, and, when tried, to be tried for violations of the laws of war and other applicable laws by military tribunals.” These tribunals would later come to be […]