‘They beat me until I lost consciousness’: growing reports of brutal arrests, torture and deaths in Iran’s prisons

The World Cup comes to Vancouver in two weeks. Hotel workers are still fighting for a contract. DTES residents are being cleared from their homes. The city is deploying 800 extra officers. Who is this for? My latest for @karimzidan.com's Sports Politika: www.sportspolitika.news/p/world-cup-...

The World Cup- a familiar tale of exploitation, displacement and dispossession @sharonnadeem.bsky.social @sportspolitika.news substack.com/@sharonnadee...

Vancouver bracing for the 2026 World Cup, w/ residents in the Downtown Eastside being displaced from their homes & the city deploying its biggest police force ever. @sharonnadeem.bsky.social asks *Who Is This World Cup For?* for @karimzidan.com Sports Politika www.sportspolitika.news/p/world-cup-...

first @propublica.org, now @thetyee.ca finally doing podcasts!

Until the eleventh hour, delegates weren’t sure if they would be voting on a resolution to cut ties with the Histadrut — after a resolution to declare Israeli goods to be “hot cargo” was disqualified altogether. I dug into what happened behind the scenes at the CLC for @pressprogress.ca

Canada's biggest labour body has voted to cut ties with its Israeli counterpart. How Palestine activists eked out a win at the Canadian Labour Congress: pressprogress.ca/clc-histadru...

By @aselliaas.bsky.social for @playthegame-org.bsky.social: Qatar 2022 whistle-blower Abdullah Ibhais has his passport confiscated to prevent him from attending the forthcoming Freedom Forum in Oslo.

In a word, yes. Soccer has always been a working-class sport and the World Cup has always been priced accordingly. But we are losing our leisure and third spaces to corporate greed: sports, movies, festivals, we are being priced out of joy and community www.hilltimes.com/2026/05/27/i...

Daily Memo reporting from Adelanto on the five hunger strikes happening around the U.S.

The paperback is out! The boys from Brazil for a mere £12.99! 👇👇 www.waterstones.com/book/brazil-...

"With DIY venues becoming increasingly scarce & affordable spaces for emerging artists harder to come by, there’s a genuine appetite for events that feel accessible, improvised, & community-driven." Great write-up in RANGE. Photo: @seanorr.bsky.social crowdsurfing. readrange.com/wtf-is-up-de...

Public-interest journalism matters and legal uncertainty should not be a barrier. Introducing Lawyers for Reporters Canada, a new national pro bono initiative supporting journalists. Learn more: https://loom.ly/2sDmDRg

The 2026 World Cup is weeks away. Ahead of the tournament, I've launched a new podcast looking at FIFA's authoritarian history, starting with Mussolini's fascist takeover of the 1934 World Cup. Listen to Power Plays whereever you get your podcasts: www.sportspolitika.news/p/fascist-wo...

Big anti-AI data center protest at City Hall in Vancouver. A lot of different groups coming together – animation union @cag938.bsky.social @bcgreens.bsky.social leader @emilylowan.bsky.social, @copevancouver.bsky.social. Organizers promise this is the first of many marches.

Incredible enterprise story here via @rorywh.bsky.social. Alberta voter data found on website of US company linked to Centurion Project www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/20/i...

“[CPJ] surveyed 59 Palestinian journalists who had been released by Israeli authorities after the Oct. 7 attacks. Three percent said they had been raped, and 29 percent said they had endured other forms of sexual violence.” Read more in @nytopinion.nytimes.com ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...

My latest in @thewalrus.ca examines the patchwork obfuscation the government has used to deflect, deny and avoid answering questions about Canada’s role in the U.S. - Israeli war on Iran: thewalrus.ca/ottawa-says-...

After @Palestine_fa President, Jibril Rajoub, refused FIFA's request to shake hands with Israel's Basim Sheikh Suliman, Rajoub explained why. Here's him after the Congress:

My first investigation for De Facto with @godfrey.bsky.social is out! VPD calls to border services have skyrocketed since 2023. An immigration lawyer told us, "they seem to be running status checks on anyone they have an interaction with if they suspect there could be an immigration issue."

Canada has quietly been doing ICE style immigrant roundups and racial profiling for years while getting zero mainstream press coverage. Migrant sex workers are specifically targeted and abused

listen to my pals @emmaarkell.bsky.social and @davidpball.bsky.social talk about our new co-op, @defacto-ca.bsky.social! we're trying to do things differently in an industry that desperately needs things to be done differently. check out our first story: www.defactomedia.ca/vpd-immigrat...

My friends are doing this very cool thing. Please follow them at @defacto-ca.bsky.social

Last week, I spent the morning at the FIFA Congress and the afternoon covering the anti-FIFA rally outside it. And that's where I learnt how the games are impacting the city's residents and workers. 🧵

I was in the room when Infantino tried to stage the Palestine-Israel FA handshake. PFA had already told FIFA they wouldn't do it before the event. My piece for @sportspolitika.news on what actually happened — and what it says about FIFA's "theatre of unity."

Back from a social media break to share my latest project! Thrilled that Sara's story is out in the world. Been an honour to work with her on this.

Thanks to @playthegame-org.bsky.social for this platform and @stevemenary.bsky.social for the write-up! www.playthegame.org/news/fifa-is...

Been learning so much from the panels at #ptg2025. First one today on how sports are used as leverage for geopolitical influence has been fascinating. Steff Ndei, a current PhD candidate at @heriotwattuni.bsky.social, dove into Chinese investment in sports infrastructure in African states.

Journalists in Portland: Try to get photos of gas canisters/munitions, either spent on ground or still carried by DHS. ONLY IF SAFE. Use long lens. Risks unknown, don’t approach. This green smoke isn’t super common. Raised concerns in 2020. Documenting DHS munitions may help accountability later.

Israeli forces attacked Doctors Without Borders workers—who were all wearing marked medical vests. They killed Omar, a 42-year-old occupational therapist and sole provider for his family. He was killed at a bus stop, on his way to take care of other people bombed by Israel.

‼️Journalists speaking out against media silence and muzzling on Palestinian genocide Feat. @smohyeddin.bsky.social @brishti.bsky.social @abihayward4.bsky.social @asadch.bsky.social www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...

@cjjpmedia.bsky.social held a news conference today excoriating the Canadian government and media outlets for their complicity in genocide. That there is virtually no coverage of this news conference is damning.

So proud of my colleagues who fight for Palestinian journalists every day. To date, Israel has over 200 journalists in Gaza. "We carry your stories forward. You were not invisible. You were not voiceless. You were journalists – brave, brilliant and irreplaceable" – @smohyeddin.bsky.social

I'll be speaking in Ottawa (virtually) alongside my colleagues tomorrow morning. Details for journalists on how to tune in are below. For everyone else, stay tuned for videos and potentially a livestream on Instagram @cjjpmedia

Last week, Canada issued a statement "reaffirming its commitment to the safety of journalists" in Gaza. But it did not specify how it plans to hold Israel accountable, only calling on the government to take action. @cjjpmedia.bsky.social is going to Ottawa with some ideas.

My latest @theguardian.com: "Fifa banned Russia from international football. Now it must do the same for Israel." As Israel inflicts untold misery on Palestinians, it is time for soccer’s governing bodies to stand by the principles they claim to uphold www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Was honoured to be asked by @karimzidan.com to write the latest edition of @sportspolitika.news! It focuses on my reporting on why Canada's Davis Cup tournament was played behind closed doors. And how it fits into the growing movement to ban Israel from sports. sportspolitika.news/p/double-fau...

NEW! In the latest State of Play episode, hear from El Jones, @nkalamb.bsky.social, and Charlotte Phillips as they discuss the events leading to Tennis Canada’s decision to close the Davis Cup matches to fans. Hosted by @sharonnadeem.bsky.social. 🎧 bit.ly/4pAxaX1

From cycling to soccer to tennis, fans, athletes and scholars have been pushing to suspend Israel from global sporting events. Listen to the latest episode from me for the @globalreportingcentre.org on this growing movement in sports and why it's become an arena for resistance against genocide 👇

A global movement is growing to ban Israel from sports – from cycling to soccer to tennis. In my first episode as host, I explore how sports have become a flashpoint for protest, looking at past sporting boycotts — and if they can be effective today.

NEW: Canada won’t respond to the UN finding of genocide in Gaza — only to the ICJ. @globalaffairs.canada.ca: The question of genocide is before the International Court of Justice. We are following developments closely

Today, over 250 media outlets are going dark by blacking out their website and/or social media to demand that Palestinian journalists be protected and that international media be allowed immediate and unrestricted access to Gaza. #ProtectJournalistsInGaza #LetReportersIntoGaza

The Global Reporting Centre joins @RSF_inter and 150 fellow media outlets in calling for Israel to #ProtectJournalistsInGaza and #LetReportersIntoGaza.

UPDATE, 24+ hours since the Trump-Vance admin bombed Iran: — 52 House members signed onto the Massie-Khanna War Powers Resolution — 3 Senators supporting Kaine's War Powers Resolution — 8 Senators signed onto Bernie's No War Against Iran Act 60 total. 59 Democrats. 1 Republican.

Update for June 21, 2025 - Israeli forces kill 11 Palestinians, including 3 children, and wound 312 people as they lined up near GHF distribution sites. Omar al-Hobi, an aid-seeker told @aljazeera.com that walking to these sites means you “enter the point of death” www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...

It’s pretty amazing to see the four statements from Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and EU on US strikes on Iran side-by-side. The wording is pretty much verbatim, esp the first two paragraphs. They all have the same script.

To date, Israeli troops have killed 435 Palestinians & injured over 3,000 as they lined up for aid at GHF distribution sites. Yet, a new report by @premthakker.bsky.social reveals that senior U.S. officials are pressuring USAID to approve funding for GHF zeteo.com/p/scoop-usai...

The BBC now has a timeline of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire while seeking aid that they added to this story. But when I add up their numbers, the total number of Palestinians massacred near GHF sites comes up to 239. The actual number is 409. www.bbc.com/news/article...

For my first newsletter(!!) for the @globalreportingcentre.org, I wrote about the LA protests and what it means for the city to be the “sports capital of the world” when the very communities that run it are being targeted, detained and deported? shorturl.at/qQhcU

Update on June 17, 2025 - Latest numbers from Gaza Health Ministry revises the number of Palestinians killed to 59 and injured to 200. It still remains the deadliest day on record so far, bringing the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire while waiting for food to 397.