7 d. ago Police detain over 50 people in crackdown on Istanbul Pride march

Istanbul Pride has been banned since 2015

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7 d. ago Turkish police detain over 50 people in crackdown on Istanbul Pride march

Turkish authorities have detained over 50 people during Istanbul Pride on Sunday, continuing a decade-long crackdown on the event

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2 w. ago Brit 'devastated' after being kicked out of Dubai for having face tattoos

Jordan Howman, 34, said his £3,000 holiday was ruined when he was pulled aside at Dubai Airport and had his passport confiscated before being sent back to the UK - for having face tattoos

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2 w. ago Mahmoud Khalil released from Ice detention after more than three months

Columbia graduate freed from Louisiana facility after judge ruled he is ‘not a danger to the community – period’Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil was released from US immigration detention, where he had been held for more than three months over his activism against Israel’s war on Gaza.Khalil, the most high profile of the students to be arrested by the Trump administration for their pro-Palestinian activism, and the last of them still in detention, was ordered to be released by a federal judge on Friday afternoon from an Ice facility in Jena, Louisiana, where he has been held since shortly after plainclothes immigration agents detained him in early March in the lobby of his Columbia building. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Federal judge orders release of Mahmoud Khalil from Ice detention

Columbia University graduate had been held for three months over his activism against Israel’s war in GazaA federal judge has ordered the release of Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil from US immigration detention, where he has been held for three months over his activism against Israel’s war in Gaza.Khalil is set to be released from Ice detention in Jena, Louisiana, where he has been held since shortly after plainclothes immigration agents detained him in in early March in the lobby of his Columbia building. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mahmoud Khalil: US judge denies release of detained Palestinian activist

Setback for former student held since March as lawyers condemn government’s ‘cruel, transparent delay tactics’A federal judge declined to order the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a setback for the former Columbia University student days after a major ruling against the Trump administration’s efforts to keep him detained.Khalil, a green-card holder who has not been charged with a crime, is one of the most high-profile people targeted by the US government’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus activism. Despite key rulings in his favor, Khalil has been detained since March, missing the birth of his son. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Minister asked to comment on detention of Irish politician in Egypt

The partner of an Irish politician who was detained in Egypt has called on Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister to make a statement on the matter.

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3 w. ago Phone and passport confiscated in Egypt from Irish politician marching to Gaza

Paul Murphy was among a large group of people attempting to reach the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza.

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3 w. ago Phone and passport confiscated from Irish politician marching in Egypt to Gaza

Paul Murphy was among a large group of people attempting to reach the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza.

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3 w. ago Irish politician says passport confiscated while detained on march to Gaza

Paul Murphy has said he is among several people detained by Egyptian authorities while on a march to Gaza.

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