Dahr Appears on Al Jazeera Inside Story, “A slap on the wrist for BP?”
As Gulf of Mexico continues to suffer the effects of the 2010 oil spill, Al Jazeera’s Inside Story Americas discusses if BP’s $4.5bn settlement is sufficient. Al Jazeera English
View ArticleGuantanamo: A legacy of shame
Despite Obama’s promises to close it, the prison remains open with no end in sight. “They used dogs on us, they beat me, sometimes they hung me from the ceiling and didn’t allow me to sleep for six...
View Article2012: A Year of Human Rights Challenges
As Human Rights violations continue around the world, will 2013 be a better year? International Human Rights day is celebrated on December 10, but from a human rights perspective, 2012 has been more of...
View ArticleHuman Rights for US Disabled?
While the US has historically led in disability rights, critical barriers remain. More than one billion people, or approximately 15 per cent of the world’s total population, live with some form of...
View ArticleIDP’s finding little refuge in Iraq
More than one million displaced Iraqis continue to languish without government aid. Baghdad – The first thing Haifa Abdul Majid did after being told I wanted to speak with her about her experience as a...
View ArticleIraq: War’s legacy of cancer
Two US-led wars in Iraq have left behind hundreds of tons of depleted uranium munitions and other toxic wastes. This report contains photos of a graphic nature. Fallujah, Iraq – Contamination from...
View ArticleMaliki’s Iraq: Rape, Executions and Torture
Iraq is wracked by detentions, torture, and executions, and fingers are pointing at Prime Minister Maliki. Baghdad – Heba al-Shamary (name changed for security reasons) was released last week from an...
View ArticleDemocracy Now! Interviews Dahr Jamail on Iraq 10 Years After US Invasion...
“Dahr Jamail Returns to Iraq to Find Rampant Torture and a Failed State Living in ‘Utter Devastation’” “Investigative journalist Dahr Jamail reported for Democracy Now! throughout the early stages of...
View ArticleDemocracy Now! Interviews Dahr Jamail on Iraq 10 Years After US Invasion...
“Ten Years Later, U.S. Has Left Iraq With Mass Displacement & Epidemic of Birth Defects, Cancers” “In part two of our interview, Al Jazeera reporter Dahr Jamail discusses how the U.S. invasion of...
View ArticleLiving with No Future: Iraq, 10 Years Later
Back then, everybody was writing about Iraq, but it’s surprising how few Americans, including reporters, paid much attention to the suffering of Iraqis. Today, Iraq is in the news again. The words, the...
View ArticleIraq: The deadliest war for journalists
More journalists were killed during the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq than in any war in history. On April 8, 2003, during the US-led invasion of Iraq, Al Jazeera correspondent Tareq Ayoub was...
View ArticleDahr Interviewed on Al Jazeera’s Listening Post
Dahr appeared on Al Jazeera’s Listening Post May 4, 2013, “Iraq: ‘Disciplining’ the Media.” We assess the country’s factionalised media as Nouri al-Maliki’s government shuts down 10 satellite TV...
View ArticleIraq’s Invisible Refugee Crisis
As violence in Iraq reaches levels not seen in years, untold numbers of Iraqis are once again seeking refuge elsewhere. Amman, Jordan – Maki al-Nazzal, a 57-year-old Iraqi from Fallujah, returned to...
View ArticleJordan to Host “World’s Largest Refugee Camp”
As violence in Syria continues, the al-Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan is on pace to become the largest in the world. Amman, Jordan – Al-Zaatari refugee camp near Jordan’s northern border with Syria is...
View ArticleBP’s Silent Disaster
2010 oil spill has left a legacy of psychological and social problems among residents in the impact zone. New Orleans, US – Most people believe only those who have experienced war can know...
View ArticleGulf Ecosystem in Crisis after BP Spill
Three years after well blowout, declining seafood catches and deformities point to an environment in distress. New Orleans, US – Hundreds of kilograms of oily debris on beaches, declining seafood...
View ArticleBP’s ‘Widespread Human Health Crisis’
Toxicologists ‘predicted with certainty’ that Gulf of Mexico residents and clean-up workers would become severely ill. New Orleans, United States of America – Peter Frizzell never thought his...
View ArticleIs BP ‘Trolling’ its Facebook Critics?
Has BP hired internet “trolls” to threaten critics of its handling of the 2010 oil disaster? New Orleans, United States – BP has been accused of hiring internet “trolls” to purposefully attack, harass,...
View ArticleAre We Falling Off the Climate Precipice?
I grew up planning for my future, wondering which college I would attend, what to study, and later on, where to work, which articles to write, what my next book might be, how to pay a mortgage, and...
View ArticleNASA Climate Predictions Show Serious Threat to Humanity
Dahr interviewed by The Real News says “that though some journalists avoid linking weather patterns to climate change, global warming still exists.
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