The well known Yemeni activist and journalist, Tawakkol Karman joins host, Linda Olson-Osterlund to talk about the government repression being carrried out in Yemen in the name of the "War on Terror" and about the ongoing struggle for freedom of the expression, including the recent jailings of journalists. Pardiss Kebriaei, staff attorney for theCenter For Constitutional Rights,  is on to talk about the CCR lawsuit to end Targeted assasinations.  Don't miss this important conversation.

In Uganda an anti-homosexual bill has been poised to pass in Parliament. The bill would execute a gay person for engaging in repeated homosexual acts. It would put anyone in jail for 3 years for failure to report suspicions of homosexuality to the Police. Learn how American, political and religious leaders are behind this Ugandan movement. Author and journalist Jeff Sharlet, joins host, Linda Olson-Osterlund. He’ll talk about his article in the September issue of  Harper's Magazine, Straight Man’s Burden: The American Roots of Uganda’s Anti-Gay Persecutions. Find out which American Senators are behind this movement on behalf of the shadow religous group The Family. Also known as The Fellowship, this organization, and their agenda are a focus of Jeff Sharlet's new book C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy.

NEWS UPDATE; KHADR TRIAL DELAYED; MILITARY ATTORNEY SICK

Canadian attorney Dennis Edney joins host Linda Olson-Osterlund to talk about his 8 year relationship with the young prisoner he calls " like a son to me" and his determined fight to see Canadian citizen Omar Khadr released. Khadr, who was only 15 years old when captured by US forces in 2002, is on trial now by Military Commission at Guantanamo. His trial is a violation of International law on the treatment of child soldiers and yet is being vigorously pursued by the Obama administration. Learn about the letter Omar wrote to Edney in May and why it has been released to the public.

USE THIS DELAY TO STOP THE TRIAL! TAKE ACTION! CLICK ON Amnesty International is calling on the public to support Omar Khadr's release as a child soldier and his repatriation to Canada

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Join host, Linda Olson-Osterlund for a probing interview with author Jere Van Dyk about his new book. Over the years Van Dyk, who was raised in the Portland area, has been a reporter for CBS news, the New York Times, National Geographic and much more. He wrote the book, In Afghanistan: An American Odyssey based on travels in the 1980's and later served as a front man for the National Security Council in Washington DC. You can view him on the web at the Big Think or on CSPAN.

The new book, Captive:My time as a Prisoner of the Taliban, is filled with inconsistencies and lacks adequate corroboration. Was he even a captive? I invite you to read this cut and paste, soap opera, set in Afghanistan. Then view his performance on CSPAN. You be the judge.