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LawApril 25, 2023
The DOJ Is Using “Foreign Agents” Accusations to Repress Black Liberation Organizers
We must demand that the FBI cease invoking the Foreign Agents Registration Act to spy on and criminalize Black social justice leaders.
Collin P. Poirot and Azadeh Shahshahani
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Immigration PolicyMarch 27, 2023
The DHS and Its Legacy of Terrorizing Immigrants
Since its creation after 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security has criminalized immigrants living in the United States as well as those newly arriving or seeking safety here.
Azadeh Shahshahani and Setareh Ghandehari
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FeminismSeptember 28, 2022
Iran’s Brutal Crackdown on “Women, Life, Freedom”
Women across Iran have bravely taken to the streets to demand liberation from state repression and justice for Jîna Emînî, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman murdered by the “morality police.”
Azadeh Shahshahani and Yosi Badie
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World LeadersAugust 2, 2022
Why Human Rights Advocates Won’t Stop Fighting for Freedom in the Philippines
Tyrants can be overthrown by the people.
Bernadette Ellorin and Azadeh Shahshahani
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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