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I remember during the height of violence in Syria, there was so much disgust for westerners who came in to deny the crimes and shill for Assad and Russia - westerners who had built their credibility on Palestine allyship. Now we’re seeing the reverse happen. We have come full circle.

06.11.2023 12:51 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

What exactly is "rare" about Israeli airstrikes or military assaults on Palestinian religious institutions?

22.10.2023 16:19 — 👍 53    🔁 10    💬 3    📌 0

It’s past 2 am and my family and I are gathered in front of the TV in Beirut, bearing witness in horror to Israel’s crimes. Crimes us southerners know well, but the scale is still beyond believe. Babies in their little pjs. Survivors who have lost everyone. Exhausted journalists and doctors. #Gaza

22.10.2023 23:17 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Next week on Tuesday, Sept 5 at 10am EST:

Join TIMEP for a virtual discussion on enforced disappearances in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Egypt, moderated by @bissan.bsky.social ft. Wafa Mustafa, Wadad Halawani, Wadad Hamadi Kazim, & Sara Mohamed.

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

31.08.2023 16:21 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨As we mark the Int'l Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, join us on Tues, 9/5 @ 10am EST for an event moderated by Bissan Fakih ft. Wafa Ali Mustafa, Widad Halawani, Wadad Hamadi Kazim, and Sara Mohamed on enforced disappearances across the MENA region. Register here: buff.ly/3qSTX6R

29.08.2023 21:13 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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28.08.2023 13:34 — 👍 17    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 0

Does Sisi have a one in one out policy for journalists in prison? Solidarity with Karim Assaad and the Metsade2sh team.

19.08.2023 18:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Iraq: Authorities must immediately reverse media ban on the terms “homosexuality” and “gender�... Responding to the directive issued by the Iraqi Communications and Media Commission (CMC) that media outlets must replace the term “homosexuality” with “sexual deviance” in their published and...

Iraq: Authorities must immediately reverse media ban on the terms “homosexuality” and “gender”
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/08/iraq-authorities-must-immediately-reverse-media-ban-on-the-terms-homosexuality-and-gender/

09.08.2023 17:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Truly, if it’s one thing I love about this city, it’s the haven it has often provided to journalists and activists from Syria, Egypt, Yemen, Iraq etc. despite all its harshness. Freedom of expression here must be protected. #Beirut

08.08.2023 09:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Jean Kassir of Megaphone News talks about freedom of expression in context of Beirut having offered safe space for liberation movements regionally, from Syria to Yemen. A space that must be protected. Lebanon clamping down on expression isn’t just dangerous for us but for region

08.08.2023 09:15 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Lebanon: New campaign calls on parliament to reform insult and defamation laws The Lebanese authorities must immediately halt all prosecutions of journalists, human rights defenders, activists, and others who are critical of state officials, Amnesty International today, as the ...

New @amnesty campaign: Lebanese authorities must immediately halt all prosecutions of journalists, human rights defenders, activists, and others critical of state officials
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/08/lebanon-new-campaign-calls-on-parliament-to-reform-insult-and-defamation-laws/

08.08.2023 09:12 — 👍 2    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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The march gathers at the Fire Brigade. The families of the victims of the #BeirutBlast will lead us as we demand justice. Can’t explain the pain here. My heart is with the families.

04.08.2023 13:44 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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سنستردّ هذه المدينة | الباحث والناشط السياسي نزار غانم ... الباحث والناشط السياسي نزار غانم الذي نجا من الموت باعجوبة بعد ان تدمر منزله جراء انفجار بيروت عبر عن غضبه حيا...

This video is a window into the fury in the #BeirutBlast aftermath, an anger we should never never let go of. I always come back to Nizar’s words, his anger settles me.
https://fb.watch/mcuYxlR61r/?mibextid=cr9u03

04.08.2023 09:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Just a moment...

Friday marks three years since the #BeirutExplosion. Sharing this piece I wrote in 2021 on the aftermath.
“Find the missing,
help the wounded,
bury the dead,
take revenge.”
One promise still unfulfilled.
https://aljumhuriya.net/en/2021/08/03/one-year-beiruts-explosion-lebanon-more-broken-ever/

02.08.2023 21:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Join solidarity actions this Friday 4 August to demand justice for victims of #BeirutBlast:
-3pm, Port of Beirut - Discussion on int’l/national pathways to justice
-4pm, Fire Brigade Karantina - Solidarity march starting point
-5:30pm, Port of Beirut - Solidarity stand

02.08.2023 21:24 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0