2,000 days in detention

Baketa Marri, my client's 80-year-old mother, asked for only one thing when I told her I was coming from America to visit her family in Qatar: "Can you bring me a picture of my son? I want to see his face again." When I saw her last week, I had to deliver the heart-breaking news: Our president had refused her request.

By Jonathan Hafetz

November 25, 2008