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Groups Call for Unconditional Release of Saudi Activist, Salma al-Shehab, After Sentence Reduction

January 16, 2025

Palestinians inspect damage at the site of an Israeli strike on a house amid the Israel-Hamas conflict at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on December 13, 2024. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

DAWN Statement on Ceasefire in Gaza: Accountability, Reparations, and the Path to Justice

January 15, 2025

--PHOTO TAKEN DURING A CONTROLLED TOUR AND SUBSEQUENTLY EDITED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY-- This picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military on January 27, 2024, shows Israeli soldiers patrolling an area in Gaza's main southern city of Khan Yunis, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by Nicolas GARCIA / AFP)

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Could Israel's 'Immoral Witnesses' in Gaza Unwittingly Help End the IDF's Impunity?

January 14, 2025

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Groups Call for Unconditional Release of Saudi Activist, Salma al-Shehab, After Sentence Reduction

January 16, 2025

Saudi Arabia Must Not Extradite Peaceful Protester to Egypt, Where He Would Face Torture

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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 19: Paul Keary, COO of Teneo Holdings attends the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative Gala at Powerhouse at The American Museum of Natural History on November 19, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/Getty Images)

U.S. Consulting Firm Teneo Whitewashing Saudi Human Rights Record, Misleading Public, Contributing to Abuses

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Supporters of the Syria Solidarity Campaign hold placards as they protest opposite 10 Downing Street in central London on December 28, 2024, calling on the UK government uphold its humanitarian obligations and end the suspension of asylum applications for Syrians. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

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Europe's Rightward Turn on Migration Is a Backlash Against Human Rights Themselves

January 16, 2025

--PHOTO TAKEN DURING A CONTROLLED TOUR AND SUBSEQUENTLY EDITED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY-- This picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military on January 27, 2024, shows Israeli soldiers patrolling an area in Gaza's main southern city of Khan Yunis, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by Nicolas GARCIA / AFP)

Democracy In Exile

Could Israel's 'Immoral Witnesses' in Gaza Unwittingly Help End the IDF's Impunity?

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Groups Call for Unconditional Release of Saudi Activist, Salma al-Shehab, After Sentence Reduction

January 16, 2025

Supporters of the Syria Solidarity Campaign hold placards as they protest opposite 10 Downing Street in central London on December 28, 2024, calling on the UK government uphold its humanitarian obligations and end the suspension of asylum applications for Syrians. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Democracy In Exile

Europe's Rightward Turn on Migration Is a Backlash Against Human Rights Themselves

January 16, 2025

Palestinians inspect damage at the site of an Israeli strike on a house amid the Israel-Hamas conflict at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on December 13, 2024. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

DAWN Statement on Ceasefire in Gaza: Accountability, Reparations, and the Path to Justice

January 15, 2025

Tag: Palestine

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 13: Pro-Palestine demonstrators gather at Freedom Plaza for a rally on January 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. Officials are predicting at least 10,000 people will attend to protest the retaliatory actions taken by the Israeli government following the October 7th terrorist attacks by Hamas. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

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On Yahia Lababidi's 'Palestine Wail' and the Poetry of Free Expression

November 22, 2024

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GAZA CITY, GAZA - JULY 15: UNRWA employees and Palestinians inspect a damaged school after Israeli fighter jets hit United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) school, killing and injuring many in Nuseirat Refugee Camp of Deir al-Balah, Gaza on July 15, 2024. (Photo by Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images)

DAWN Statement on the Israeli Knesset's Vote to Ban UNRWA

October 29, 2024

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Can Article 25 of the U.N. Charter Impose Accountability on Israel?

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The U.N. Must Do More to Protect Civil Society From the Abuses of Counterterrorism

October 16, 2024

Chinese policemen guard at streets on July 7, 2009 in the capital of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region of China.

Democracy In Exile

How Justice Is Denied From Palestine to the Uyghur Homeland

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Democracy In Exile

Gaza's Reality Has Been Hidden From the Israeli Public

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A general view shows destroyed building and the rubble of the al-Faruq mosque on February 22, 2024, following an overnight Israeli air strike in Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Democracy In Exile

'Azrael Confesses,' a New Poem From Gaza

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People check the rubble of buildings which were levelled on September 27 by Israeli strikes that targeted and killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut's southern suburbs, on September 29, 2024. Israel killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in a huge air strike in Lebanon, dealing the movement a seismic blow that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on September 28 called a "turning point" for his country. (Photo by AFP)

Democracy In Exile

Why the Killing of Hassan Nasrallah Is a Pyrrhic Victory for Israel

September 30, 2024

A Pro-Palestinian activist holds a placard reading 'From the River to the Sea' as they march through London, during a National Day of Action for Palestine on September 7, 2024. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Democracy In Exile

Israel's Vision of No Palestinians 'From the River to the Sea'

September 27, 2024

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