Calling the Faithful to Freedom!

A woman tweeted a single call for the release of another woman for campaigning for women’s right to drive; her six year sentence has been raised to 27: 10 Saudi Judges Are Charged with Treason. They Were Too ‘Lenient’ (Washington Post) Academia for Equality warns “of the threat to academic freedom from the weaponisation of…

In no other country an incident like this occur to be met with silence by American media and politicians: ‘Who Hits a 64-year-old Woman with a Bat?’ (972 Magazine) A professor at the Wayne State University School of Law blames the U.S. for a “legal and policing architecture that … governments across the world adopted”:…

Iran’s “Judiciary Chief … said that those involved in the crime would face the charge of ‘corruption on earth,’” which carries the death penalty” … 100 Arrested in Connection With Iran School Girl Poisonings. What We Know So Far (Time) … while among “82,656 prisoners and those facing charges” pardoned for Ramadan, are over 22,000…

The U.S. decision to welcome Smotrich should come as no surprise since his genocidal statements only audibly articulate Israel’s founding policies: US Approves Smotrich Visa Despite His Calls for Palestinian Town to Be ‘Wiped Out’ (Middle East Eye) The Danger of Treating Smotrich as an Anomaly (972 Magazine) “[M]igrants have been attacked on the streets,…

Terrorist supporters of the apartheid state will live and those “with the purpose of harming the State of Israel and the rebirth of the Jewish people in its homeland” will die … The Israeli Knesset Moves to Adopt the Death Penalty for Palestinian Resistance (Mondoweiss) … among the terrorists allowed to live will be these:…

Israel is determined to continue its oppression of Palestinians even on Muslim and Jewish holidays, and even if they are American citizens: Israel’s Parliament Votes to Extend Ban on Palestinian Family Unification (Haaretz) Israel to Close Palestinian Territories During Jewish Festival (New Arab) Israel to Continue Demolishing Palestinian Homes During Ramadan (Middle East Eye) Palestinian…

ACLU says the court’s decision gives states “time and flexibility to expand the existing legislation” to include “criminalizing boycotts and making them punishable by law”: US Anti-boycott Laws Could Take a ‘Draconian’ Turn. But the Fight Is Not Over (972 Magazine) He remains in jail despite an Iranian appeals court that cleared him “of all…

Israel support for settler violence is not tacit at all: Israel Releases Settlers Arrested After Anti-Palestinian Attacks (Aljazeera) Israel’s Smotrich Wants ‘Another Nakba’, Says Former Defence Minister (Middle East Eye) Israel: Legal Scholars Call for ‘War Crimes’ Investigation into Smotrich Remarks (Middle East Eye) Jewish Settlers Attack Palestinian Ambulance Transporting Sick Child (Palestine Chronicle) Israeli…

Vengeance is ours sayeth the settlers … Israeli Settlers Rampage Through Palestinian Towns in Revenge for Shooting (Washington Post) Hawara West Bank: ‘What Happened Was Horrific and Barbaric’ (BBC) Jewish Settler Leader Says ‘Huwwara Should Be Wiped out Today’ (Palestine Chronicle) Israel-Palestine: UN Envoy Gravely Concerned over Killings and Retaliatory Attacks (UN) As Israel Reels…

Following the precedent of fellow populists in the white West, Kais Saied comes down hard on blacks and immigrants: Amid Crackdown on Dissent, Tunisian Leader Turns on Migrants (Washington Post) Racist Rhetoric by Tunisian President Sparks Fear Among Migrants and Black Tunisians (Washington Post) Unless the third party candidate wins, the tradition that the presidency…