Human Rights

The Exceptionalism of the Warmongers: John Bolton and Mike Pompeo Defy the International Criminal Court

In its rejection of the court, Trump is turning his back on the international law the United States helped establish at Nuremberg

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In Middle East, Impunity for Human Rights Abuses reigned in 2018: Amnesty

Juan Cole

Beirut (AFP) – “The crackdown on civil society actors and political opponents increased significantly in Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia,” the rights watchdog said in its annual regional report. “Is it acceptable for activists to undergo arbitrary detention, torture, sexual harassment … and even enforced disappearances simply for expressing their opinions in a peaceful way,” […]

Human Rights

Iran’s Bizarre Prosecution and Torture of . . . Environmentalists?

Human Rights Watch

Detainees Allege Torture in Detention

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Why Saudi Regime Murdered Journalist Khashoggi in a Consulate

The Conversation

Turkish authorities couldn’t enter the embassy without permission from Saudi Arabia

Displaced and Refugees

The Surprising Successes of Community Work with Muslim Refugees in Germany

Frances Trix

I studied the most positive refugee settlement programs inside Germany

Displaced and Refugees

Trump Deporting undocumented Iraqis at risk of Arrest, Torture in Iraq

Human Rights Watch

ICE deported at least one person in violation of a court order in August

War Crimes

From Yemen to the Rohingya, Mass Atrocities against Civilians are the New Normal

Human Rights Watch

Whatever Happened to ‘Never again’?

Displaced and Refugees

Jerusalem in Athens: Refugees, the Youth Left and the Crises of Nation and Capital

Loubna Qutami

On Friday, December 8, 2017, hundreds of young Palestinians and Arabs poured out onto the streets in front of Athens Syntagma square

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University of Michigan Professor Disciplined for Refusing to Write Student Recommendation Letter

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October 16, 2018 Committee on Academic Freedom Middle East Studies Association of North America Elizabeth R. Cole Interim Dean College of Literature, Science and the Arts University of Michigan ecole@umich.edu Dear Dean Cole: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and its Committee on Academic Freedom to express […]