Michelle Shephard
National Security Correspondent, Toronto Star
About
Toronto Star's National Security Reporter, author of Decade of Fear: Reporting from Terrorism's Grey Zone (amzn.to/SGAqu7) & Guantanamo's Child.
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RT @smaclellan: Read @shephardm's interview with the #Yemen youth activist who came out as gay, the brave @AJYemen: bit.ly/12Wck9j
Yemen youth leader faces another fight after coming out as gay
thestar.com — When Yemen's streets erupted in protest in 2011 , Alaa Jarban quickly became a familiar face. Young, educated, handsome and articulate, he was a favourite among English-language media as he helped smash the stereotype that Yemen was nothing more than Al Qaeda country. On Twitter, he describes himself as an "awesome youth activist."
RT @BBCWorldTonight: UN #Somalia boss Nicholas Kay: "Acts like this are acts of desperation. The tide is turning against #alshabab and they…
@Marium_Y Good typo catch Marium! Will cct. Thanks.
RT @geoffreyyork: poignant tale of the 45 journalists forced to flee Ethiopia since 2008; some had to become street peddlers in Kenya http:…
Exiled journalists in risky places need helping hand
cpj.org — It was well past mid-day in Eastleigh, a shanty district on the east side of Nairobi, Kenya. The billows of dust rising from the rock-scarred road showed a government that had long lost interest in the neighborhood. A young man, struggling with horribly dry conditions, was fighting with his...
RT @JasonLeopold: Full text of Feinstein's letter to DOD calling for an end to force-feeding at #Guantanamo feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.c…
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@carolrosenberg Oh @hamchat ! You do realize when you are arrested for some national scandal this is the photo we'll run! Heheh.
RT @carolrosenberg: Veteran #Guantanamo sketch artist Janet Hamlin and her suddenly banned magnifying glasses. Used them here 3 years. http…
carolrosenberg: Veteran #Guantanamo sketch ...
twitter.com — Veteran #Guantanamo sketch artist Janet Hamlin and her suddenly banned magnifying glasses. Used them here 3 years. pic.twitter.com/zE2yPCycCj
RT @mollycrabapple: . @hamchat's work is the only visual record of the #GTMO court. New ban on opera/stadium glasses hurts her ability to s…
Groan. MT @mollycrabapple Reversing 3-year-policy, artists at #GTMO can no longer use opera glasses (only way to see the front of the court)
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