Calling the Faithful to Freedom!

The brutality of Greenwashing. “To this day, Israeli authorities refuse to recognize Bedouin deeds, instead claiming the forestation efforts are taking place on ‘state-owned’ land”: Israeli Law & Torture: From Detained Minors to a Prison ‘Torture Room’ (Aljazeera) “Gold is a tradition. It grows out of a deep-seated distrust of governments and currencies and has…

“Saied announced over the weekend he was dissolving the Supreme Judicial Council, one of the few remaining state bodies still able to act independently of him”: Tunisia Police Lock Doors of Legal Body, Stop Staff from Entering (Aljazeera) Katherine Harvey’s new book explains how by following itys perceptions rather than reality Saudi Arabia for years…

Iran accuses the monarchist of being behind a 2008 mosque bombing. State TV alleges he “confessed to having a relationship with both the FBI and the CIA”: Alleged Leader of US-based Iran Militant Group Goes on Trial (AP / abc News) There is one thing on which Republicans and Democrats in Congress can still agree,…

Under Biden, those who were denied entry during the ban have to apply all over again, even if they were previously approved for admission, even “diversity visa lottery winners [who] had gone to great financial risks, including quitting jobs and going into debt, in order to apply” … ‘Empty Promises’: The US’s ‘Muslim Ban’ Still…

B’Tselem calls the punishment of those responsible for the Palestinian-American’s death “the faintest of rebukes” and Palestinians complain that the deaths of non-American Palestinians don’t get punished at all: Israel Punishes Officers in Death of Elderly Palestinian Man (Aljazeera) In a fit of road rage the off-duty police officer called the victim a “terrorist,” punched…

With public opinion turning against apartheid and settler-colonialism, Israel has a new plan to secretly fund foreign organizations to “spread Israeli propaganda in the countries in which they operate”: The New Hasbara Campaign Israel Doesn’t Want You to Know About (972 Magazine) As Israel continues it wholesale eviction of people from and destruction of their…

“He spent 11 days locked up before a local court granted him bail. Instead of freeing Gul, authorities charged him in a new case under the stringent Public Safety Act, which allows officials to imprison anyone for up to two years without trial”: ‘Systematic Fear’: How India Battered Press Freedom in Kashmir (Aljazeera) “The ruling has…

“Ten civilians, including seven children, were killed in the attack, which the Pentagon initially touted as a successful strike against ISIS car bomb. The driver was actually a humanitarian worker who was transporting jugs of water”: CAIR Says Any Pentagon Officials Who Approved ‘Reckless War Crime’ in Kabul Should Resign (CAIR) After the Supreme Court…

Rather than draw attention to the injustice of Aafia Siddiqi’s conviction, a mentally disturbed man who took innocents hostage at a synagogue has provided the government and media an opportunity to once again smear the imprisoned neuroscientist: Aafia Siddiqui, Political Prisoner (Counterpunch) If approved as a U.S. judge in the Eastern District of New York…