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Muhammed, What Were You Thinking About When You Accepted the Reality of Your Death?
[caption id="attachment_68541" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Fayha Shalash, the wife of Palestinian journalist Muhammed al-Qiq, sits with her son at her home in the West Bank village of Dura on January 20,…
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A letter from Mahienour El-Massry on the Fifth Anniversary of the Revolution
Some see that after all these years have passed the revolution has been defeated. Others see that there could have not been anything better than what happened. The regime, however,…
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A Year of Bloody Repression Since Flogging of Raif Badawi
One year after Raif Badawi was publicly flogged, he and many other activists across Saudi Arabia urgently need your support. A year after the international outcry over his public flogging,…
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Executions of Juvenile Offenders in Iran Are an Affront to the World’s Conscience
In a very rare piece of good news in an otherwise bleak landscape, Iranian authorities recently postponed the scheduled execution of juvenile offender Salar Shadizadi at the eleventh hour. He was…
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Who Is Responsible for Arming Islamic State?
Over the past few years IS has amassed a vast arsenal, which it has deployed to commit a staggering array of atrocities with open disregard for international human rights and…
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My Husband is in Prison for Supporting Human Rights in Saudi Arabia
[caption id="attachment_66601" align="alignleft" width="975"] Samar Badawi, wife of imprisoned Saudi Arabian human rights lawyer, Waleed Abu al-Khair, and their daughter Joud.[/caption] Samar Badawi's husband is Waleed Abu al-Khair, a prominent…
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When Educating Girls Means Putting Your Life on the Line
[caption id="attachment_66081" align="aligncenter" width="624"] Fawzia Nawabi, investigator at the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, Mazar-e-Sharif, gathers information in a local women's prison.[/caption] By Elsie De Laere, Afghanistan country specialist In Afghanistan,…
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4 Reasons Why Syrian Refugee Resettlement Is the Right Policy for the US
[caption id="attachment_65666" align="alignleft" width="3504"] Milos Bicanski/Getty Images[/caption] Three weeks ago, two Syrian activist journalists, Ibrahim Abd al-Qader and Fares Hamadi, both refugees who had survived harassment from the Assad regime,…
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My sister Rania is missing in Syria
I first realized that something was wrong when I couldn't get hold of Rania. I had been calling my sister's house phone and mobile for several days with no answer.…
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5 Questions Prime Minister Netanyahu Should be Asked Today
Today at 3 PM EST, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will deliver a public speech at the Center for American Progress (CAP) in Washington DC. In a letter (pdf) to…