Joseph Huff-Hannon

My friend the Iraqi

With my friend, an Iraqi refugee who lives in NYC, as he  becomes a US citizen -- on the 10th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. Salon 3/20/2013

Sifting through the bones, searching for truth

The Ballad of Billy Lee: The Untold Story of an American 'Desaparecido' in Argentina. The Indypendent. September 29, 2010.

Joseph Huff-Hannon

An unfortunate anniversary

Honduras, one year after the coup
The Guardian (UK). June 28, 2010

Photo: Orlando Sierra / AFP

In Exile

Behind the Camera Lens in Honduras
GlobalPost. June 2, 2010
A profile of two Central American documentary filmmakers I met in Argentina, finishing up their feature film on the 2009 coup d'etat in Honduras.

Joseph Huff-Hannon

C.S.I. Buenos Aires

Forensic Science for Human Rights
The Guardian (UK). May 13, 2010

Photo provided by Luis Fondebrider at EAAF

Spooks, Leaks, and Maybe a War Crime

Wikileaks in the Crosshairs
The Guardian (UK). March 31, 2010

Students go Gaga

President Obama, War is Bad Romance
The Guardian (UK). March 22, 2010
In which anti-war student activists pump up the jams and decry the 'Bad Romance' they say they're stuck in with the Obama administration.  [Photos]

The Other Wiretap Scandal

Colombia Calling: The Other Wiretap Scandal
The Indypendent. May 15, 2009
In which I make some calls to Bogotá (and wonder how many people are listening in). [Full Text]

Pirates and Blowback

Piracy in Perspective: The Unintended Consequences of U.S. Foreign Policy in Somalia. Dissent, January 22, 2009.
My take on piracy off the coast of Somalia. [Full Text]

From Baghdad, with Style

Imperfect Strangers
Cover story in New York Press, October 8, 2008.
Down and out with two gay Iraqi refugees, transplanted to Brooklyn. [Full Text]

Ahmadinejad Meets the Peace Movement

Ahmadinejad Sees (Code) Pink
The Nation, September 25, 2008.
Somehow I got access to this fascinating encounter between the President of Iran and members of the U.S. peace movement. [Full Text]

Jumpsuit Justice

I shot some photos for a series of stories in The Indypendent about the trial in D.C. of members of Witness Against Torture, related to a civil disobedience action they staged in January '08 at the Supreme Court. 34 people were eventually convicted of misdemeanor charges. [More Photos]

Photo by Joseph Huff-Hannon

No Refuge Here

No Refuge Here: Iraqis Flee, But Where?
Dissent, Summer 2007.
Looking at the Iraqi refugee crisis, and the politicized history of American refugee policy. [Full Text]

Cinema Verité

Battleground Cinema
The Nation, December 8, 2006.
A look at some of the video activists and independent filmmakers in war zones from Iraq to Lebanon and Gaza, using documentaries as instruments of peacemaking. [Full Text]

Nunca Más

Photo by Joseph Huff-Hannon

Locating Argentine Memories
In These Times, May 3, 2006.
I wrote this from Buenos Aires, where I was working on a doc film with the dynamic duo of Estela and Ernesto Bravo. The film, Who Am I? premiered on Channel 4 in the UK, and won "Best Documentary Award" at the 2007 Havana Film Festival. [Full Text]

Photo by Joseph Huff-Hannon