Mauritanian citizen and author of Guantánamo Diary who was imprisoned at Guantánamo for nearly 14 years without being charged with a crime. His story is fictionalized in the new feature film The Mauritanian.
Special guests Angela Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe and more came together to celebrate 30 years of Democracy Now! at a sold out Riverside Church event in NYC on March 23, 2026.