Aljazeera’s Sami Alhajj is finally released. It’s the second good news I heard this month. The first one was the release of Bilal Hussein, the Associated Press cameraman. Alhajj and Hussein were detained by the U.S. government for six and two years of ordeal, respectively without any charges.I can’t even imagine the amount of degrading these journalists and many others had to go though in the U.S. prisons for no reason. These journalists were held captives for years, deprived of their rights, their families, children and most importantly their dignity. What has the U.S. gained from imprisoning innocent journalists for years without any charges?
This leaves me questioning the kind of freedom of speech the U.S. always claims to own and the “humanitarian” and “civil” treatment it always claims to have.
