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United Nations, United States – AFP Restrictions on women’s rights continue to prevent Afghanistan’s “reintegration” into the international community, a senior UN official said Friday, noting the Taliban’s participation in upcoming talks in Doha is not legitimization of the isolated government. Since their 2...
A recently released Uyghur woman has been handed another 14-year sentence by Chinese authorities. Authorities accuse Heyrinisa Memet, who was previously in prison for a decade, of attempting to undermine China by teaching Quranic studies to teenagers. The re-sentencing is part of a wider campaign to curb religious activities by the Chinese gov...
BERLIN (AA) – German authorities have dismissed an undersecretary who started an investigation into whether financial support for academics who defended students protesting Israel’s attacks on Gaza should be cut. Education and Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger announced the dismissal of Sabina Doring, the undersecretary responsib...
The University of Minnesota has halted the employment of an Israeli historian as director of Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The decision comes within two days of Raz Segal being hired. Segal currently is a professor at Stockton University in New Jersey. In a recent article he authored, titled “A Textbook Case of Genocide,” he said […...
The Columbia Law Review (CLR) has been reinstated online following a controversy over the censorship of an article discussing Palestine. CLR’s board had taken the journal offline in response to the publication of the article titled “Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept.” The board expressed concerns about the publication process. But student editor...
Authorities in Chinese occupied Eastern Turkistan have sentenced five Uyghur journalists to seven years in prison. Those imprisoned are Mirkamil Ahmed, Semet Ababekri, Abdukadir Rozi, Mehmut Abdukeyum and Akber Osman. They were convicted for their connections with Voice of America journalist, Kasim Kashgar, who fled northwest China in 2017 and...
Maryland’s Motor Vehicle Administration has decided to certify a valid foreign driver’s license issued by the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian immigrant who held the license was denied authentication earlier. This placed a financial and emotional burden on her and delayed her ability to look for a job, according to the Council on ...
Students at Columbia University have started a new peaceful protest named Welfare Rebellion following the dismantling of the Gaza Solidarity Camp by New York police. A number of alumni have backed their cause. Due to limited campus access, students held a news conference criticizing the university’s security measures. Mahmoud Khalil, spe...
University of Chicago students boycotted the school’s graduation ceremony on Saturday. This was for the college’s refusal to grant degrees to four students involved in peaceful Free Palestine protests. Youssef Haweh, one of the seniors affected, emphasized the cause over his diploma. The boycott led to a disruption, with calls to end Israel’s...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has filed a third complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) alleging war crimes against journalists in Gaza. They have accused the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of killing eight Palestinian journalists and injuring another between December and May. Israel’s war on Gaza has so far killed more than 100...
