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Snowden Asylum in Germany? Support Grows for NSA Whistleblower After Merkel Cancels Verizon Contract Revelations by Edward Snowden about U.S. surveillance continue to shake Germany more than one year after he came forward as an National Security Agency whistleblower. Reports ... Read More →

Al Jazeera News Director: Prison Terms for Journalists in Egypt are Chilling Start to Sisi Era It was six months ago Sunday when Egyptian authorities raided a hotel room in Cairo used by reporters at the global TV network Al Jazeera. The journalists Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and ... Read More →

Egyptian Comedian Bassem Youssef Says His Satire Has Inspired Youth to Reject Military Propaganda In a development many are linking to the Egyptian regime's crackdown on dissent, Egypt's most popular satirist announced this month that he was taking his program off the air. Bassem ... Read More →

Supreme Court: Hobby Lobby Can Refuse to Cover Birth Control

Justice Dept. Ends Decade-Long Prosecution of Sami Al-Arian, Palestinian Professor and Activist

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