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Genocide in Gaza, Apartheid in the Palestinian West Bank: UN Report
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Genocide in Gaza, Apartheid in the Palestinian West Bank: UN Report

Juan Cole

Palestinians face “criminal prosecution in military courts during which their due process and fair trial rights are systematically violated.”

The Power Play President

The Power Play President

01/08/2026 By John Feffer

Iran Protests have put the Country’s Political System on Trial

Iran Protests have put the Country’s Political System on Trial

01/08/2026 By The Conversation

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Nawaz Sharif under House Arrest; Army on Alert; Protesters Continue to Converge on Capital

Nawaz Sharif under House Arrest; Army on Alert; Protesters Continue to Converge on Capital

In the midst of Pakistan’s ongoing political crisis, the government of President Asaf Ali Zardari sent out highly mixed signals on Saturday and Sunday. His […]

Juan Cole

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US Urges Freedom to Protest; Zardari Rejects Reconciliation Plan, Bans Geo; Sherry Rehman Resigns

US Urges Freedom to Protest; Zardari Rejects Reconciliation Plan, Bans Geo; Sherry Rehman Resigns

The Pakistani government arrested another 200 protesters on Friday, mostly in Punjab province. The Long March demonstrators, in the meantime, reached the outskirts of Lahore. […]

Juan Cole

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Caron: Uprooting Flowers on Pakistan’s Frontier

Caron: Uprooting Flowers on Pakistan’s Frontier

James Caron writes in a guest op-ed for IC Some time before dawn on the 5th of this month, there was an explosion in the […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Refugees

Iraqi Refugees

Website for Iraqi Refugees: ‘Five million Iraqis have been driven from their homes by sectarian terror since Saddam Hussein was overthrown. Security has improved but […]

Juan Cole

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Stern: Effects of Global Warming Even Worse

Stern: Effects of Global Warming Even Worse

Prominent British economist and environmentalist Nicholas Stern, has concluded that the average temperature of the earth could go up as much as about 10 degrees […]

Juan Cole

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Plans for March Unaltered; Nawaz: Zardari will Not Serve out Term

Plans for March Unaltered; Nawaz: Zardari will Not Serve out Term

Even though the Zardari government has arrested hundreds of activists, planning for the march on Islamabad this weekend continued unabated. In what sounds like an […]

Juan Cole

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3 Years Sentence on Shoe-Thrower

3 Years Sentence on Shoe-Thrower

Iraqi shoe-thrower Muntadhar al-Zaidi was sentenced to 3 years in prison on Thursday, under a statute forbidding assaults on visiting heads of state. The maximum […]

Juan Cole

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Al-Qaeda Threatens US Embassy

Al-Qaeda Threatens US Embassy

The USG Open Source Center translates from Urdu an article on planned al-Qaeda attacks on on US facilities in Pakistan under cover of turmoil provoked […]

Juan Cole

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Hundreds Arrested in Punjab; Suspension of Civil Liberties; Some set Out on Long March on Capital

Hundreds Arrested in Punjab; Suspension of Civil Liberties; Some set Out on Long March on Capital

Well, I already used “crisis deepens in Pakistan,” so what should I say about the news that the Pakistan People’s Party government has had hundreds […]

Juan Cole

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