High stakes: Interventions to diffuse tensions and support safety of journalists during elections
Create a safe working environment for journalists through training of police officers on the role of journalists and the media; Expand their understanding of human rights norms, and Engage professional media bodies to raise concerns over media conduct or content; Familiarise themselves with policies, regulations and laws relating to electoral issues; Commit to accurate and balanced reporting and to correct inaccurate stories sincerely and2023-11-01 |
Grounding the Current Moment: An Al-Shabaka Syllabus
Introduction The Roots of the Palestinian Struggle Using Indigeneity in the Struggle for Palestinian Liberation by Ahmad Amara, Yara Hawari (August 2019) Beyond South Africa: Understanding Israeli Apartheid by Samer Abdelnour (April 2013) Beyond the Apartheid Analogy: Time to Reframe Our Palestinian Struggle by Irene Calis (January 2015) Rethinking Our Definition of Apartheid: Not Just a Political Regime by Haidar Eid, Andy Clarno (August 2017) Oslo: Replacing Liberation2023-10-23 | Politics
Palestine: the fight for information
“T here’s nothing as a safe place, but I’m trying my best to stay safe”. 22-year-old journalist Plestia Alaqad has been reporting on the situation as best she can on social networks, while escaping Israel’s bombing raids on the Gaza Strip. “I am barely able to do my job under these circumstances”. Journalists in the field are on the front lines,2023-10-20 | Non classé
Stop the collective punishment and end the siege of Gaza now
The 1948 Nakba (Catastrophe) and the Zionist terror gangs’ occupation of Palestine as well as the ethnic cleansing of its people marked the beginning of many tragedies for the Palestinians. Since then, the occupation state of Israel has inflicted a great deal of suffering on the Palestinians, with the intention of emptying the land and displacing its people to “prove”2023-10-05 | Article, Israel, Middle East
Explainer: The decline of Hong Kong’s press freedom under the national security law
File photo: StudioIncendo. September 2023 The Court of Appeal heard the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) and the RTHK Staff Union’s joint appeal against the city’s communications regulator’s decision to issue a warning over RTHK’s satirical programme Headliner. August 2023 US photojournalist Matthew Connors, who covered the 2019 protests and unrest, said that he was denied entry to Hong Kong when he tried to visit for tourism2023-09-21 | Hong Kong, Politics & Protest, explainer
Palestinians are subjected to humanitarian blackmail
In his recent briefing to the UN Security Council, the international organisation’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, noted that the current situation in the occupied West Bank is further impacted by the funding deficits and fiscal problems faced by the Palestinian Authority. What Wennesland failed to point out is that the UN’s humanitarian paradigm was2023-08-24 | Blog, Blogs - Politics, International Organisations
Kais Saied: jeopardizing rights and freedom
“The people demand an independent judiciary!”, “Freedoms, freedoms, no dictated justice!”, “National unity against populism!” On July 13, 2023, under the scorching sun, outside the gates of the Tunis Court of Appeal, around a hundred protesters chanted these slogans and called for the release of the political prisoners, accused of “plotting against State security” and detained for four months. Tunisia has been2023-08-22 | Non classé
Kais Saied: jeopardizing rights and freedom
“The people demand an independent judiciary!”, “Freedoms, freedoms, no dictated justice!”, “National unity against populism!” On July 13, 2023, under the scorching sun, outside the gates of the Tunis Court of Appeal, around a hundred protesters chanted these slogans and called for the release of the political prisoners, accused of “plotting against State security” and detained for four months. Tunisia has been2023-08-22 | Non classé
South American anthropologists declare their support for the Palestinian people
Participants at the Mercosur Anthropology Conference in Rio de Janeiro have declared their solidarity with the Palestinian people and the necessity to raise awareness of the crimes against the indigenous population of Palestine since the 1948 Nakba. The conference brought together anthropologists from countries across Latin America at the Fluminense Federal University, south of Rio de Janeiro, earlier this month2023-08-14 | Article, Asia & Americas, Middle East
PA welcomes Portugal Parliament decision to recognise Palestine Nakba
The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Friday welcomed the decision of the Portuguese Parliament to recognise the 1948 Palestinian Nakba, a statement announced. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the statement: "The PA welcomed the Portuguese Parliament's decision to recognise the Nakba that happened to the Palestinians in 1948, as well as its expression of solidarity with the Palestinian people." According2023-07-22 | Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East
Palestinian journalist Abu Akleh receives Courage in Journalism award
The veteran Palestinian journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, who was murdered by Israeli forces while covering Tel Aviv atrocities in the West Bank, has received posthumous Courage in Journalism award. On Monday, the Washington-based International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) named Abu Akleh as one of the recipients of its Courage in Journalism Awards for 2023. “Meet …2023-07-19 | News
Palestinian journalist Abu Akleh receives Courage in Journalism award
The veteran Palestinian journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, who was murdered by Israeli forces while covering Tel Aviv atrocities in the West Bank, has received posthumous Courage in Journalism award. On Monday, the Washington-based International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) named Abu Akleh as one of the recipients of its Courage in Journalism Awards for 2023. “Meet …2023-07-18 | News
Assange Exposes The Empire’s True Face: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum — even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there’s free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the2023-07-16 | Article, assange, ecocide
MK Odeh expelled from Knesset for condemning Israel invasion of Jenin
The Hadash-Ta'al list's Chairman, Ayman Odeh, was forced out of the Knesset plenary last week during a vote on the Counterterrorism Law after condemning the Israeli attack on the Palestinian refugee camp of Jenin. He said: "People killed in Jenin. People wounded in Tel Aviv. A killed soldier. All of their blood is because of your damned occupation. Occupation blinds2023-07-14 | Israel, Middle East, News
Explainer: The decline of Hong Kong’s press freedom under the national security law
File photo: StudioIncendo. June 2023 A Hong Kong press group urged the city’s police to provide an explanation after its former chairperson was led away by officers while she was reporting on the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown. The Hong Kong government condemned US politicians’ calls for a joint effort with the UK to prioritise the release of pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy2023-06-30 | Hong Kong, Politics & Protest, explainer
Why is Karim Khan Silent on Palestine: The ICC and Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
Considering that the ICC is one of the most important platforms for victims of war crimes to receive some degree of justice, yet keeping in mind the ICC’s own double standards and shortcomings, what can Palestinians expect? “Considering the military advantage gained by eliminating these senior terrorists, it is irrelevant to ask how many children were incidentally killed.” ‘The Principle of Distinction’2023-05-29 | Articles, Commentary, Editorials
Israel has killed 20 journalists since 2001, but nobody has been held to account
On the first anniversary of the killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by an Israeli sniper in Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, it is clear that her killing was not an isolated incident, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said. The CPJ's report documented 20 cases in which the Israeli army killed journalists in the2023-05-24 | Israel, Middle East, News
The PA's glorification of Israel's colonial accomplices
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas never fails to blunder in his speeches. Speaking at the UN in New York on the 75th anniversary of the 1948 Nakba, Abbas requested that the US and the UK address their historic responsibilities. One would think this means taking a political stance in favour of decolonisation. However, Abbas merely urged recognition of Palestinian self-determination2023-05-19 | Asia & Americas, Blog, Blogs - Politics
Waves of solidarity sweep across Latin America on 75th Nakba anniversary
Solidarity activists across Latin America have marked the 75th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba with talks, meetings, cultural activities, media interviews and social media campaigns. The Palestinian flag has been raised and people have chanted their support on the streets. Support for Palestine has been particularly strong in Brazil, Peru, Venezuela and Chile. Palestinians and their supporters around the world2023-05-16 | Asia & Americas, Brazil, Chile
We will not commemorate the 75th Nakba with tears, but with the strength of resistance
The 75th anniversary of the Nakba of all Arabs and Muslims, not just Palestine, is upon us. It is the catastrophe of the entire Islamic nation that began in 1948 and its consequences continue to this day. We remember that day, on 14 May 1948, on which the hearts of the Arab nation was torn out and our land, Palestine,2023-05-16 | Article, Israel, Middle East
Israel asks countries to boycott Palestinian Nakba event at UN
Israel said, Monday, that it is communicating with other countries to boycott the commemoration of the Nakba, or Catastrophe, a day marked by the Palestinians on 15 May to refer to the expulsion of thousands from their homes and lands in 1948 after the founding of Israel, Anadolu News Agency reports. "We will fight the lie of the 'Nakba' with2023-05-15 | Asia & Americas, Canada, Europe & Russia
End the ‘Memoricide’: Planting for Nakba Day
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” “That blood-stained birth callously required the destruction of an entire nation; people with a unique history, language, culture and collective memory. It was thus absolutely necessary for the Palestinians to be wiped out to quell any possible sense of Israeli guilt, shame and2023-05-15 | Articles, Commentary, History
Statement: 75 years of the Ongoing Nakba, 75 years of Ongoing Resistance
The following statement was issued on Nakba Day, May 15th 2023, by BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights. It was co-signed by more than 180 organisations from around the world, including the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign. You can see all of our #Nakba75 events around Ireland here BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights Global Palestinian Refugee Network2023-05-14 | Apartheid, BADIL, Human Rights
Statement: 75 years of the Ongoing Nakba, 75 years of Ongoing Resistance
The following statement was issued on Nakba Day, May 15th 2023, by BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights. It was co-signed by more than 180 organisations from around the world, including the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign. You can see all of our #Nakba75 events around Ireland here BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights Global Palestinian Refugee Network2023-05-14 | Apartheid, BADIL, Human Rights
Israel has taken no accountability for killing 20 journalists, report finds
Israel has taken no accountability for its killings of 20 journalists over the past two decades, a press watchdog's report has revealed on the first anniversary of Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh's killing by Israeli forces. In a report released on Tuesday by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), it showed a map of 20 locations where journalists killed in2023-05-11 | Israel, Middle East, News
The Martyred Son – A Poem
The Palestinian Prisoners Society broke the news today “the Israeli occupation assassinated Sheikh Khader Adnan” The Physicians for Human Rights and all of Palestinians agreed Ben Gvir and the rest of the occupiers have blood on their hands Palestinians from all sides greeted the news with a general strike The humble baker’s son from Arraba village near Jenin is no more Long Live Khader Adnan His parents must2023-05-04 | Articles, Features, Poetry
Explainer: The decline of Hong Kong’s press freedom under the national security law
File photo: StudioIncendo. May 2023 The government watchdog agreed to investigate HKFP’s complaint against the Information Services Department over their handling of a press event which saw several government-registered outlets barred from attendance without explanation. Blocking pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s overseas counsel from representing him in his national security trial is “persecution not prosecution,” his lawyer said in an application to halt2023-05-03 | Hong Kong, Politics & Protest, explainer
Proposed speech for the President of the European Commission on Nakba Day
On Nakba Day, we remember the incidents of the systematic destruction of hundreds of Palestinian villages, towns and residential areas and the forced displacement of their inhabitants 75 years ago. Palestinian and Israeli researchers have documented horrific details of the plans devised and practices committed to achieving this. There is no doubt that the suffering experienced by the Palestinian people2023-04-28 | Article, EU, International Organisations
1,000 people join iftar for Palestine in London
One thousand people cant together to break their fast as part of the seventh annual Palestinian Forum in Britain iftar in London on Saturday. The ceremony was attended by many prominent personalities from the Arab and Islamic communities in the United Kingdom, in addition to Sheikh Imam Muhammad Jibril from Egypt who recited verses of the Quran and later led2023-04-03 | Europe & Russia, Middle East, News
The dark, Islamophobic world of a UAE 'dirty smear campaign'
A "smear campaign" alleged to be orchestrated by the United Arab Emirates and executed through a Geneva-based private intelligence firm has apparently been peddling hateful misinformation associated with anti-Muslim conspiracy theorists, an article in New Yorker Magazine has revealed. In "The dirty secrets of a smear campaign", which is as sensational as it is disturbing, David D Kirkpatrick has exposed2023-03-29 | Africa, Article, Asia & Americas
UAE provides $3m to rebuild Palestinian town after Israel settler raid
President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has ordered the provision of $3 million to support the reconstruction of the Palestinian town of Huwara in the occupied West Bank after it was raided by illegal Israeli settlers. The initiative will be implemented by the UAE's Department of Municipalities and Transport, in cooperation with the Emirati-Palestinian Friendship Club,2023-03-17 | Israel, Middle East, News
Eyewitness: 'Settlers carried out new Nakba' in Huwara
Illegal Israeli settlers yesterday carried out a "new Nakba" against Palestinians in the neighbourhood of Huwara, an eyewitness has said. Abdul Kareem, a primary school teacher, said: "There is no need to imagine how the Zionist gang carried out the Nakba in 1948. You just need to watch what Israeli Jewish settlers did in Huwara. They carried out a new2023-02-27 | Israel, Middle East, News
Algeria accuses Israel and Morocco of launching cyberattack on official news agency
Algeria accused Morocco and Israel yesterday of launching a cyberattack on the website of the official Algerian News Agency. According to Algerian state television, the website was subjected to a series of serious cyberattacks for hours as hackers tried to get into the site. "Israel, Morocco and some areas in Europe" were behind the attacks, said an informed source. However,2023-02-13 | Africa, Algeria, Europe & Russia
Saudi Arabia and Egypt tension: Egyptian editor insults kingdom
The editor-in-chief of the state-run Al-Gomhuria newspaper in Egypt, Abdul Raziq Tawfiq, indirectly directed offensive messages at Saudi Arabia, accusing it of being hateful of Egypt's success and jealous of the Egyptian army. The newspaper editor criticised: "It wouldn't survive for a moment if something bad happened to Egypt." He also described those who criticised his country as "lowlifes" and2023-02-04 | Africa, Egypt, Middle East
Inside Whitehall’s Ministry of Truth – How secretive “anti-misinformation” teams conducted mass political monitoring
Anti-fake news units in the Cabinet Office and DCMS spent much of their time monitoring social media for political dissent, under the guise of “counter-disinformation” work. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, Conservative MPs David Davis & Chris Green, journalists including Peter Hitchens and Julia Hartley-Brewer, and academics from the University of Oxford and University College London all had comments critical of the government recorded by the anti-fake news units. Soldiers2023-01-29 | Press Releases
Israel government working on Bill to enable expulsion of Arab MKs
The new Israeli coalition government is working on a Bill submission that could enable the expulsion of Arab-led parties out of the Knesset (Israel's parliament), reported The Times of Israel. Under the Bill, drawn up by Head of the coalition government and Knesset Committee Chairman, Ofir Katz, of the Likud Party, MKs expressing solidarity with Palestinian victims will result in2023-01-25 | Israel, Middle East, News
Palestinian shot dead by Israeli army in West Bank
A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli army forces in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, according to the Health Ministry, reports Anadolu Agency. A ministry statement said Tarik Odeh Maali, 41, was shot and killed by Israeli forces near the town of Kufr Nimeh, northwest of Ramallah. The Israeli army said a Palestinian was killed in an alleged stabbing2023-01-22 | Israel, Middle East, News
The illusion of Jordan's custodianship
Since its establishment, Israel has tried to show the world that it respects freedom of worship and allows it for all. The truth is that it has, in fact, succeeded to a large extent, in portraying this impression to its friends around the world. Despite what it demolished in the year of the Nakba, it preserved some mosques and churches2023-01-20 | Article, Israel, Jordan
Saudi, UAE most targeted by cyber-attacks in GCC
Organisations in Saudi Arabia and the UAE were hit by the most ransomware attacks among Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries between mid-2021 and mid-2022, according to a report published today by cyber-security firm, Group-IB. The company's annual round-up of major global cyber threats, the Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2022/2023 report found that ransomware operations remained the main cyber threat to companies2023-01-17 | GCC, International Organisations, Middle East
Bad science journalism and public education indoctrination
Photo by Ludovica Dri on UnsplashHumans need information in order to make valid decisions. But what happens when that information becomes corrupted somehow? Can people figure out what they need to know? So far, it doesn’t look like they do.Today, I’ve got two stories that actually tie to just that, though from very different angles.On gas ranges, bad science, and2023-01-12 | News
Skwawkbox in London to broadcast pro-Assange event. If you’d like to help, here’s how
Skwawkbox will be in London later this month to livestream ‘#FreeTheTruth: Secret Power, Media Freedom and Democracy‘, an event in support of wrongly-jailed Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, featuring leading international journalists. The livestream will run on Skwawkbox and Socialist Telly and will be embedded in the organisers’ pages and feeds. Streaming links will be published […]2023-01-10 | Announcement, Assange, featured
Saudi Arabia: Government agents infiltrate Wikipedia, sentence independent admins to prison
Saudi Arabia jailed Wikipedia contributor Osama Khaled for 32 years.Originally published on Global Voices AdvoxBy Wikimedia Foundation, CC BY-SA 3.0. Fair use This piece was first published by SMEX and DAWN, an Arabic media platform, on January 5, 2023, and is independent reporting that contains their own understanding and conclusions. An edited version is republished here, under a content-sharing agreement. The Saudi Arabian government infiltrated2023-01-10 | Advocacy, Censorship, Feature
The Challenges African Feminist Movements Face in 2023
This year’s most notable decision affecting gender justice—the overturning of federal protection of the right to abortion in the US—happened more than 6,000 miles from Africa, but its impact was felt here too. The US Supreme Court’s decision will affect legal, policy and public service spheres on the African continent. It will also intensify the ideological war to control women’s bodies and push2023-01-05 | Columns, Opinion, Women
For Palestinians, 2022 Was a Year of Renewed Tragedy and New Hope
Another critical year for Palestine has folded. While 2022 has wrought much of the same in terms of Israeli military occupation and increasing violence, it also introduced new variables to the Palestinian struggle – nationally, regionally and internationally. Palestine, the War and the Arabs The Russia-Ukraine war starting in February, pressured many political entities, including Palestinians, to take sides or, at least,2023-01-04 | Foreign Affairs, Insights, intifada
Ethiopian journalist Meskerem Abera detained for the second time this year
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 20 December 2022. Ethiopian police should unconditionally release online journalist Meskerem Abera and cease harassing members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. Federal police detained Meskerem, the founder and editor of private YouTube-based media outlet Ethio Nikat Media, in the capital Addis Ababa on December 13, her husband, Fitsum Gebremichael, told CPJ by phone. On2022-12-28 | News
A fact-check of India’s socio-political undercurrents: the case of Zubair
There are differing opinions about the terms ‘fake news’ and ‘fact-checking’Originally published on Global Voices AdvoxImage from Amnesty International's call for the release of Mohammed Zubair. Used under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. In December 2019, protests spread across India against a proposed Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), and were met with internet shutdowns and violent responses from the state. The CAA2022-12-21 | Advocacy, Feature, Free Expression
Republican senators call on FBI for shutdown probe into Abu Akleh killing
Eight Republican Senators in the US have penned a letter to the FBI and Department of Justice (DoJ) to cease their investigation into the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. The eight lawmakers suggest that the probe could negatively affect US-Israel ties. "This misguided investigation into the IDF [Israeli military], which the DOJ and FBI have no jurisdiction over,2022-12-21 | Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East
How NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner Came To Support Prison Abolition
Reality Winner is an NSA whistleblower who was harshly prosecuted under the Espionage Act, but she is also more than that. She is an advocate who has used the visibility gained from her case to promote an end to prisons in the United States. The post How NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner Came To Support Prison Abolition appeared first on Shadowproof.2022-12-20 | Dissenter Featured, Latest News, The Dissenter