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A federal judge has allowed free-Palestine student activists at UC Berkeley to join a lawsuit alleging antisemitism against the university. The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed the lawsuit in late 2023, claiming UC Berkeley failed to address antisemitic incidents and protests that called for Israeli divestment. The uni...
India has lodged a protest after Canada linked Indian Home Minister Amit Shah to plots targeting the Sikh community on Canadian soil. Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said on Saturday that a representative of the Canadian High Commission was summoned on Friday and handed a note. Jaiswal said the note conveyed that the Indian [...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – A resolution seeking the restoration of political autonomy for Indian-occupied Kashmir, which was scrapped by the Hindu-nationalist Indian government in 2019, fell through in the first session of the region’s newly elected assembly. The resolution tabled by Waheed Parra, a member of the People’s Democra...
Reporters Without Borders say journalism is grappling with numerous crises in states where voters are reliant on the media. The advocacy group’s report reveals journalists are concerned about hostility from local and state officials as well as the “economic viability” of local newsrooms. The report is titled “Press Freedom in the Swing States...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Over five dozen lawmakers called on President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken Monday to push Israel into allowing international journalists to have “unimpeded” access to Gaza. “We write to you with deep concern regarding the ongoing restrictions on media access to Gaza, which have persi...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli authorities have shut the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron to Palestinian Muslims Wednesday for four days to allow illegal settlers to celebrate two Jewish holidays. “Israeli occupation authorities closed the sacred precincts of the mosque on Wednesday to celebrate the Sukkot and Yom Kipp...
ATHENS (AA) – Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) staged protests in 10 countries across the world to pay homage to the journalists killed in Gaza. The non-profit in a statement said the Israeli army, since last October, has killed over 130 journalists in the Palestinian enclave. The protests were organized in Germany, Brazil, Spain...
Cornell University has suspended a PhD student following his involvement in a free-Palestine demonstration at a recent campus career fair. Momodou Taal leads the Coalition for Mutual Liberation and is a student at Cornell’s African studies program. Last week, he participated in a walk-out with over 100 protesters targeting companies like Boei...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the 79th session of UN General Assembly in New York to discuss a variety of issues, including Israel’s ongoing onslaught on Gaza, and a rising tide of Islamophobia, an official statement said on Wednesday. Condem...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the severe gender-based discrimination faced by women in Afghanistan. During a recent event focused on women’s inclusion in the country’s future, he described it as a “deep crisis”. The UN chief criticized new laws that strip Afghan women and girls of their rights, le...
