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Tag: torture

8 November, 2021 • Marian Janssen

The Ignominy of Guantánamo: a History of Torture

Marian Janssen, biographer of a forthcoming volume on the flamboyant American poet Carolyn Kizer, reviews the new memoir by former prisoner Mansoor Adayfi.

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15 October, 2021 • India Hixon Radfar

Faraj Bayrakdar, Once Syria’s Prisoner, is Freedom’s Poet

India Hixon Radfar A Dove In Free Flight, Selected Poems of Faraj Bayrakdar Edited & introduced by Ammiel Alcalay and Shareah Taleghani Upset Press (October 2021)   The truth is… Continue reading Faraj Bayrakdar, Once Syria’s Prisoner, is Freedom’s Poet

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15 October, 2021 • Jordan Elgrably

Interview With Prisoner X, Accused by the Bashar Al-Assad Regime of Terrorism

A Syrian refugee successfully resettled in Brussels shares part of his story.

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14 March, 2021 • Lisa Hajjar

Torture Is the Nasty Center of the 9/11 Case at Guantánamo

In our centerpiece this month, Lisa Hajjar takes us inside the war on terror and the dystopia that is Guantánamo.

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