This is not a time to be timid; it's not a time to be overly cautious. With the state of the country, the state of the world right now, we all need to find ways in which we can leverage what power we have to fight back. Almost a year into the grueling legal process, Feder told Truthout she remains committed to fighting the repression she faced.
A man has been arrested after a statue of Sir Winston Churchill in the centre of London was vandalised with pro-Palestine graffiti. Free Palestine, Zionist war criminal, and Globalise the infitada were sprayed in red paint on the bronze sculpture in Parliament Square, Westminster. The words: Never again is now and Stop the genocide were also painted on the monument.
In a now-deleted video, the 51-year old Little Britain star was filmed and followed by Thomas Abdullah Bourne on the escalator of a London Tube station. Mr Abdullah Bourne, known on social media as White British Muslim, was heard shouting Free Palestine. Free Palestine, Matt Lucas. After initially attempting to hide his face, Lucas calmly acknowledges his pursuer at the top of the escalator and asks: Hi, how are you?
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Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil have asked appeals judges in the United States to keep in place a lower court's order that freed the Palestine solidarity activist from immigration detention. Khalil, whom the US government is trying to deport over his activism at Columbia University last year, told supporters outside the courtroom in Philadelphia after the hearing on Tuesday that his case is proving to be a test for everyone's rights.
I'd never protested in my life before October 2023, she says. It's been so horrific to see what's happening in Gaza, I felt I had to do something since if you don't make a stand now, when would you ever? Things might feel futile but this is a way to show the world we care and that we stand together more than we are torn apart.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Tuesday that, effective immediately, when reviewing applications, the agency will consider "any involvement in anti-American or terrorist organizations, as well as the use of discretion in adjudication of certain benefit requests where evidence of antisemitic activity is present." The applicant "bears the burden of proof to demonstrate that a favorable exercise of discretion is warranted," the announcement states.
