Yesterday some of my students at Bard College Berlin attended a Gaza protest at Freie Universität that was forcibly dispersed, at university's request, by police. Today I join teachers and profs from Berlin and beyond to condemn this trampling of free assembly & speech.
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The #Egypt -ian authorities must immediately release women activists arbitrarily arrested today solely for peacefully protesting in solidarity with women in Palestine and Sudan in front of UN Women’s Cairo office.

Each of the 3,134 days of Wahid al-Sufi's enforced disappearance reinforces the undeniable weight of truth and the dark corners parties of the conflict will turn to in an attempt to hide it. #JournalismIsNotACrime #EndImpunity

This virtual event will not only focus on the fundamental elements of the declaration but also shed light on the daily struggles in Yemen. Most importantly, the experts will answer the crucial question: what more can the international community do?

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Learn more about the collective commitment of 44 Yemeni CSOs to just, inclusive and sustainable peace in #Yemen . Renaud Detalle, OHCHR representative in Yemen, will be in conversation with esteemed Yemeni experts and advocates: Nasser Al Khaleifi and Samah Subay.

#Yemen iVoices

📢 Your presence matters!
Join The #Yemen Declaration for Justice and Reconciliation online launch on today, 9:00 EDT | 13:00 GMT | 15:00 CEST | 16:00 AST! 🌐
🔗 Declaration 🇾🇪 yemenjustice.org
🔗 Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/81813980147
#JusticeForYemen

On this day, we recall the journalist Anwar al-Rakan, who died on June 2, 2019, two days after being released by the Ansar Allah Houthis according to a statement from the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate.
Al-Rakan was detained for almost a year earlier, and his health deteriorated

The rise in anti-refugee rhetoric, much of which is based on misinformation, is contributing to violence and discrimination against refugees. Media and political figures should be protecting the rights of everyone in Lebanon, including refugees, not inciting violence against them

Nothing justifies taking hundreds of Syrian men, women and children by force from their beds in the early hours of the morning and handing them to the government they fled from.
#Lebanon #Refugees #ProtectRefugees

The Lebanese authorities have deliberately mismanaged the country’s economic crisis, impoverishing millions and denying them their basic rights. But instead of adopting much-needed reforms, they have resorted to scapegoating refugees for their own failures.

Today over 20 organisations called on #Lebanon to halt summary deportations of Syrian #refugees . The deportations come amid an alarming surge in anti-refugee rhetoric in Lebanon and other coercive measures intended to pressure refugees to return
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Happy Birthday to my hero, my amazing brother #AbdulRahmanAlsadhan ❤️

Rest assure that will never stop fighting for your freedom & seeking justice. I’m only starting & we’re here for the long run.

3 days ago I spoke at ⁦Oslo Freedom Forum⁩ about #FreeSadhan youtu.be/yCxDPTNN8Lg

Oslo Freedom Forum Alia Malek عليا مالك Omar Alshogre | عمر الشغري Wafa Ali Mustafa alexandra lily kather Wafa Ali Mustafa: 'I had hoped the Koblenz trial would tell the world that torture and arbitrary detention are systematic and widespread and push us forward on a political level – but two years since the trial began nothing has changed'

Oslo Freedom Forum Alia Malek عليا مالك Omar Alshogre | عمر الشغري Wafa Ali Mustafa alexandra lily kather Wafa Ali Mustafa: 'I went to Koblenz with the photo of my disappeared father to say: “what’s going on inside the courthouse is crucial and huge but also highlights that what we still need to do now is save those still in detention centres”'

Starting now Oslo Freedom Forum 'Building Justice for Syria: Universal Jurisdiction & the Koblenz Trial'. Alia Malek عليا مالك Omar Alshogre | عمر الشغري Wafa Ali Mustafa and alexandra lily kather are examining legal mechanisms to hold the Syrian regime accountable & calling for a victim-centered approach to justice #OsloFF

22 years since the liberation of South Lebanon from the scourge of Israeli occupation. I don’t care for everyone’s hot takes contesting the meaning of liberation. We have no Israeli boots on our land, and every day that is a blessing.

#FreeSadhan
#FreeSaudiActivists

Areej Al-Sadhan أريج السدحان #FreeSadhan ♥️✌️

Read more about how #germany did it first at its historic prosecution in #koblenz in my piece for the NYT Magazine nytimes.com/2022/01/25/mag…

And looking forward to our panel Oslo Freedom Forum #OsloFF on the use of #UniversalJurisdiction to hold accountable perpetrators of war crimes/crimes against humanity in #Syria w/ Wafa Ali Mustafa Omar Alshogre | عمر الشغري alexandra lily kather WED 3pm