He is known for his radical leftist political stances and, in particular, his emphatic support for the Palestinian struggle. However, he has recently received criticism from readers and former fans for his stance on …
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Palestine is Still the Issue | Interview – The Angry Arab on Zionism, Syria, and more
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Reaping What We Have Sown in Gaza
Those who turned Gaza into an internment camp for 1.8 million people should not be surprised when they tunnel underneath the earth.
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Palestine is Still the Issue | Interview – The Angry Arab on Zionism, Syria, and more
In an in-depth and candid interview, academic and political commentator As'ad Abukhalil - a.k.a "The Angry Arab" - talks to Ceasefire columnist Asa Winstanley about Zionism, Hamas, Syria, Al Jazeera, BDS and much more.
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UNAMA report: Mistreatment of conflict-related detainees in Afghan facilities
You are here: Home » UNAMA report: Mistreatment of conflict-related detainees in Afghan facilities October 18, 2011 | 0 Comments UNAMA report: Mistreatment of conflict-related detainees in Afghan facilities DSC01448 (For full report visit UNAMA page.) From October 2010 to August 2011, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) interviewed 379 pre-trial detainees and convicted prisoners at 47 detention facilities in 22 provinces across Afghanistan.
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Five years and 32 lashes for criticising Iran’s economic policy
ACROSS THE Middle East and North Africa, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets demanding change. They have toppled dictatorships and threatened undemocratic regimes. But in Iran, the oppression and abuse of any who dare to speak out against the government continues.
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Interview with Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh
Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh, a women’s rights activist, is a founding member of the Stop Stoning to Death Campaign and the Iranian Women’s Charter. She was director of Entesharat-e Banoo (Banoo Publications) and Entesharat-e Jamee Iranian (Iranian Society Publication). She was the director of the Association of Women Writers and Journalists NGO. She is currently a Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy.
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Iran Rights Activists Face Challenges from Both Sides
In Iran, many human rights lawyers find themselves jailed or threatened with legal action. At the same time, some are criticized by peers who say they sometimes overlook clients’ best interests in their determination to take a stand.
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Statement by the Women’s Movement In Protest of the Recent Escalation of Violence against Women in Iran
Physical and sexual violence against women in Iran, including violence perpetrated by state security forces, is rapidly increasing.
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Saudi Arabia’s Freedom Riders
by: Farzaneh Milani On the surface, when a group of Saudi women used Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to organize a mass mobile protest defying the kingdom’s ban on women driving, it may have seemed less …
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Arab Spring exposes Nasrallah’s hypocrisy
by Hamid Dabashi (originally published on al-Jazeera) Hassan Nasrallah is in trouble. This time the troubles of the Secretary General of Hezbollah, which were hitherto the source of his strength, are not coming from Israel, or …
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