Tag: political prisoners
South African activist praises World Court genocide case against Israel
By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report
A South African-born New Zealand critic of Israeli apartheid and ethnic cleansing today delivered strong praise for his home...
Cole Martin: The Gaza ceasefire isn’t the end – what six months in Palestine showed me
Returning to Aotearoa after half a year in the occupied West Bank, Cole Martin says a peace deal that fails to address the root...
‘All I wanted was to bid my daughter a final farewell’ – Gaza hostages, mainstream media and truth
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Watching footage of Palestinian parliamentarian and hostage Khalida Jarrar emerge from Israeli captivity was jarring — a far, muffled cry from...
Damascus and Gaza prisoners: Syrians and Palestinians search for ‘disappeared’ loved ones
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show in Syria, where tens of thousands of people gathered at the Great Mosque of Damascus for the...
Eugene Doyle: The dismemberment of Syria is a crime
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
What we are witnessing is not just the end of a regime but quite possibly the destruction of the Syrian state.
We...
‘Politics is finally possible’: After surprise fall of Syria’s Assad in protracted civil war, what’s next?
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show with Syria and the aftermath of the historic collapse of the Assad regime. Israeli forces are continuing...