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Under Israeli gag order, Omar Barghouti urges more BDS
Human rights defender Omar Barghouti is urging people around the world to increase boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns as the best way to show support for him – and for the Palestinian people – as he faces escalating repression by the Israeli government. Barghouti wrote in an email to...
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Egypt is giant prison, activists banned from travel say
Azza Soliman was due to board a plane to attend a conference in Jordan when security officials at Cairo airport turned her away, saying a court order banned her from travelling. The veteran human rights lawyer and feminist was one of at least six activists, lawyers and journalists prevented from...