“Hangman,” by Maya Binyam, follows the narrator on a disorienting trip back to his native country. By Katie Kitamura When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn ...

Maya Binyam’s Hangman is one of those rare things in contemporary literature—a novel of ideas, in which the exploration of ethical and political questions animates and shapes the story itself ...

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — Author Maya Binyam has received the Bard Fiction Prize for her first novel, “Hangman.” Binyam’s residency at Bard College is for the fall 2025 semester, during ...

Earlier this week, British journalist Andy Worthington reposted an article written by former Guantánamo detainee and ACLU rendition client Binyam Mohamed about Omar Khadr, one of the child soldiers ...

It may well be - to put the best face on it - that the Obama administration's decision to back up the Bush administration's claim of "state secrets" with respect to the alleged US-coordinated ...

Binyam Mohamed ruling is a victory for justice - but now David Miliband censors judges By MAIL ON SUNDAY REPORTER Updated: 17:12 EDT, 17 October 2009 ...

Guantanamo prisoner Binyam Mohamed tells of being fed contaminated food during torture ordeal Freed Guantanamo Bay prisoner Binyam Mohamed has told of his seven-year torture ordeal.

Between May and September 2004, Binyam Mohamed confessed to involvement in terrorism to American officials in Afghanistan and at Guantanamo Bay. He says these confessions were the result of torture ...

Binyam Mohamed 's been held at Guantanamo for four years after being accused by the U.S authorities of planning terrorist attack. He alleges he was tortured while he was questioned in Pakistan ...

In a BBC interview, Binyam Mohamed has revealed grim insights into his six years in captivity. He said he was flown around the world on rendition flights and tortured in secret prisons in an ordeal ...