AFP: Al Jazeera launching rights watchdog headed by Sami al-Haj

October 31st, 2008Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick

Marking Al Jazeera's 12th birthday, a new Public Liberties and and Human Rights Desk will be launched, headed by its cameraman Sami al-Haj who spent six years at the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay. Full story...

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