Sentencing of Chair of The Freedom Theatre in Jenin, Palestine is a Serious Human Rights Violation
“The arrest and imprisonment without trial of Bilal Al-Saadi represents a serious violation of his human rights, while the growing crackdown on Palestian civil society raises grave concerns about… More
DARE: Border Agents Confiscated Lawmakers’ Phones. Joaquin Castro Captured Photo and Video Anyway.
Photos emerge from government immigrant detention centers closed to public view. Trump administration abandons adding citizenship question to the 2020... More
DARE: The U.S. Is Now a ‘Noticeably Problematic’ Place to Be a Journalist, Report Shows
Reporters Without Borders releases its World Press Freedom Index today, noting that the United States has become a 'particularly problematic' place to be... More
DARE: For Many Rural Residents in U.S., Local News Media Mostly Don’t Cover the Area Where They Live
Pew survey finds that a majority of rural residents say their local news media covers areas other than theirs, while a majority of urban residents say... More
DARE: UN Investigator Calls on Saudi Arabia to Make Khashoggi Murder Trials Public
Special rapporteur leading UN investigation of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's killing finds that Saudi Arabia has not met its international human rights... More
DARE: Time Magazine Names Jamal Khashoggi and Persecuted Journalists ‘Person of the Year’
Time magazine honors Jamal Khashoggi, Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo, the Capital Gazette staff killed in a mass shooting in June, and other journalists killed and... More
Temple University Board Chairman’s Comments on Marc Lamont Hill Risk Undermining Academic Freedom
"The principle of academic freedom and the First Amendment offer protection for even the most objectionable speech. O'Connor's statement was not only unwarranted, it has caused concern and confusion in the academic… More
Dareen Tatour | Status: Released | Israel
Poet Dareen Tatour, a Palestinian citizen of Israel who has spent more than two years in jail or under house arrest since October 2015, was convicted on May 3,… More
DARE: Fallout After Anonymous Times Op-Ed Blasts Trump
Furor erupts over anonymous New York Times op-ed by senior Administration official who describes internal "resistance" to Trump. More
Israel: End judicial proceedings and ensure Dareen Tatour’s immediate release
Dareen Tatour, a Palestinian poet and citizen of Israel, was convicted by the Nazareth Magistrate's Court on May 3, 2018 on charges of incitement to violence and support for terror organizations. Tatour… More
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Somehow this is both stunning and totally run-of-the-mill for 2023. A university president - at a public university in Texas - has decided to unilaterally cancel a student-organized drag show charity fundraiser for @TrevorProject. Just b/c he felt like it. #FreeSpeech #EdScare https://twitter.com/1AMorey/status/1637993457653252102
Included in the 3rd issue of The Journal of Women and Criminal Justice is our director of Prison and Justice Writing @caits_meissner's letter underscoring the importance of uplifting the voices of incarcerated women. Read more here: https://www.njreentry.org/application/files/7316/7847/0620/The_Journal_of_Women_and_Criminal_Justice_Summer_Edition_2023.pdf
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