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Race and EthnicityMay 18, 2022
Time to End the West’s Xenophobic Double Standard on Refugees
Racism lowers the floor for how all people are treated. But it’s not too late to change.
Khury Petersen-Smith and Azadeh Shahshahani
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Foreign PolicyJanuary 5, 2021
Biden Must Do More Than Rejoin the Iran Nuke Deal
We need a decisive break from the previous century of US policy toward Iran, which has been based on domination.
Azadeh Shahshahani and Khury Petersen-Smith
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April 17, 2017
Stop the Imprisonment of Palestinian Children
Abusive treatment, coerced confessions, and deprivation of counsel and parental contact—at any one time, hundreds of kids are in lockup in violation of basic human rights.
Azadeh Shahshahani
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Latin AmericaAugust 26, 2016
An International Tribunal Declares the Impeachment of Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff an Illegitimate Coup
The grounds for it are baseless, and many of the legislators pushing it are themselves under indictment for serious crimes.
Azadeh Shahshahani
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Foreign PolicyFebruary 19, 2014
How US Aid Fosters Human Rights Violations in the Philippines
As the human rights situation has deteriorated, US military aid has ramped up.
Vanessa Lucas, Azadeh Shahshahani and Foreign Policy In Focus