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Worried about freedom of speech? Then what’s happening at the Open University should terrify you | Owen Jones
ByOwen Jones March 2, 2026

The OU has capitulated to a pro-Israel lobby group about the use of the term ‘ancient Palestine’. The wider context is impossible to ignoreThe west is in the midst of the most serious assault on free speech and academic freedom since the heyday of McCa…

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Nobel laureate transferred to prison in northern Iran without warning
ByAFP February 14, 2026

Concern grows over Narges Mohammadi’s health, family says, after reports of ‘life-threatening mistreatment’Iranian authorities have without prior warning transferred Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a prison in the north of the country as…

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Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to seven more years in prison
ByAssociated Press in Dubai February 8, 2026

Women’s and human rights activist, arrested at a demonstration in December, is said to be on hunger strikeIran has sentenced the Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to more than seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike, her su…

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What does ‘globalise the intifada’ mean, and why does NSW want to ban the chant?
BySarah Basford Canales December 23, 2025

While Chris Minns has labelled the slogan ‘hateful, violent rhetoric’, others view it as an expression of support for Palestinians. Should contested phrases be outlawed?Activist groups to challenge NSW protest laws on free speech grounds as Chris Minns…

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We know what the comedians got out of the Riyadh comedy festival. What about the Saudi regime? | Jonathan Liew
ByJonathan Liew October 9, 2025

The tawdry event was an ultimately doomed attempt by the Saudi government to buy the kind of authentic grassroots culture it is unwilling to countenance Continue reading…

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We know what the comedians got out of the Riyadh comedy festival. What about the Saudi regime? | Jonathan Liew
ByJonathan Liew October 9, 2025

The tawdry event was an ultimately doomed attempt by the Saudi government to buy the kind of authentic grassroots culture it is unwilling to countenance Continue reading…

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Gaza has become journalism’s graveyard. Killing journalists is killing the truth | Anthony Bellanger
ByAnthony Bellanger October 3, 2025

If we accept that reporters die in Gaza, we pave the way for other regimes to consider the murder of journalists a normal instrument of warHistory will only be kind to witnesses. In Gaza, it will remember the name of Anas al-Sharif, a young Al Jazeera …

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Gaza has become journalism’s graveyard. Killing journalists is killing the truth | Anthony Bellanger
ByAnthony Bellanger October 3, 2025

If we accept that reporters die in Gaza, we pave the way for other regimes to consider the murder of journalists a normal instrument of warHistory will only be kind to witnesses. In Gaza, it will remember the name of Anas al-Sharif, a young Al Jazeera …

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Ella Baron on the Palestine Action arrests – cartoon
ByElla Baron August 10, 2025

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UK ban on Palestine Action is an abuse of power, high court told
ByHaroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent July 21, 2025July 22, 2025

Intelligence assessment before proscription found that vast majority of group’s activities were lawful, court hearsAn intelligence assessment before Palestine Action was banned under anti-terrorism laws found that the vast majority of its activities we…

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