where fishermen smuggled Abdulemam into Iraq by sea. From a port near Basra, he traveled to Najaf, where he took an Iraqi Airways flight to connect and eventually arrive in London.

Abdulemam then traveled to the United Kingdom where, to its enormous credit, the British government speedily provided him with asylum less than two weeks ago. And in record time, Home Secretary Theresa May allowed him the travel document permitting him to join us at the Oslo Freedom Forum this coming week. As of this writing, Abdulelam's wife and children are still in Bahrain and, given Abdulemam's asylum in the U.K., will seek to exit Bahrain and join him in London. After the Oslo Freedom Forum, Abdulemam will go to Copenhagen to attend an award ceremony at CEPOS, organizedHassell collected 16 rebounds on the night, seven of which on the offensive end, and scored 24 points on 9-for-16 shooting from the field in an effort that made him look at times like he was on a one-man mission to prevent his team's loss.

The 24-year-old American also added two steals and did not commit a single turnover, despite staying on the floor for 34 minutes, to reach an efficiency rating of 31 and earn Last 16 Week 5 MVP honours.

He is a habitual top-10 performer in the EuroChallenge and had picked up another weekly MVP award this season, behind a 22-point, 15-rebound double-double display on the opening day of the EuroChallenge Regular Season.

A player who performed almost as well as Hassell on Tuesday night, but saw instead