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Items by Linda Maher
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Whistleblowers in Palestine face prosecution, isolation and ostracisation
Two years have passed since Marwa Farah’s life turned upside down because she blew the whistle. In February 2021, she was fired from her job at the Supreme Constitutional Court despite a protection order she obtained in January 2020. According to Marwa: “The protection order ruined my professional and...
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Covid-19 emergency laws are suffocating the Palestinians
For Abdul Nasir Saeed, bullets replaced the traditional cannon announcing the time to break the fast (Iftar) on 17 Ramadan last year. Now, whenever he sees Palestinian Security Forces he is haunted by the image of himself prostrate on the ground with blood flowing from his head. On the morning...