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Journalists Imprisoned by the US Government

By Manila Ryce
Published Saturday, April 19th, 2008, 11:01 am
Filed under: Society/Culture: Civil Unrest, Human Rights, Society/Culture: Law/Order, World Issues, Society/Culture, US Politics

1.) Majed Hameed, Reuters, Al-Arabiya
Detained: September 15, 2005
Released: January 2006
Period of Detention: Four months
Charges Substantiated: None

2.) Ali Mashhadani, Reuters
Detained: August 8, 2005
Released: January 2006
Period of Detention: Nearly five months
Charges Substantiated: None

3.) Fares Nawaf al-Issaywi, Agence France-Presse
Detained: May 1, 2005
Released: Late May 2005
Period of Detention: Between two weeks and one month
Charges Substantiated: None

4.) Samir Mohammed Noor, Reuters
Detained: May 2005
Released: January 2006
Period of Detention: Nearly eight months
Charges Substantiated: None

5.) Cyrus Kar, freelance
Detained: May 17, 2005
Released: July 10, 2005
Period of Detention: Two months
Charges Substantiated: None

6.) Abdul Ameer Younis Hussein, CBS News
Detained: April 5, 2005
Released: April 7, 2006
Period of Detention: One year
Charges Substantiated: None

7.) Ammar Daham Naef Khalaf, Agence France-Presse
Detained: April 2005
Released: October 2006
Period of Detention: Six months
Charges Substantiated: None

8.) Saleh Hassan, Al-Jazeera
Detained: November 2003
Released: January 2004
Period of Detention: Six weeks
Charges Substantiated: None

9) Bilal Hussein, Associated Press
Detained: April 12, 2006
Released: April 16, 2008
Period of Detention: Two years
Charges Substantiated: None

Hat tip to the Committee to Protect Journalists

One Response to “Journalists Imprisoned by the US Government”

  1. Thank you for posting about this. My cousin is Cyrus Kar and his two month detention was a nightmare for our family. The only reason he was released was because my family and the ACLU filed a suit against Bush and Rumsfeld. Soon after the suit was filed he was released, it never went to trial. We assume because the US gov wanted to avoid any additional publicity, that this is the only reason he was released so soon (if you consider 2 months soon). I still can’t believe it ever happened.

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