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Human Rights Lawyer | Executive Director at TIMEP
@timep.bsky.social
In so much of the analysis on Lebanon--be it on reconstruction or disarmament, we rarely get to hear the voices of those from South Lebanon. Deeply grateful to
@timep.bsky.social
Bassem Sabry Fellow Jad El Dilati for centering these perspectives in his latest analysis. Don't miss it.
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February 11, 2011 Fifteen years.
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As Syrian authorities begin work on a transitional justice law, one key question: "Who is a victim?" Already, the conversation has become politicized. Looking at lessons from Columbia,
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's piece for
@timep.bsky.social
offers a practical way forward
timep.org/2026/02/10/v...
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Victim Classification in Syria: Toward Inclusive Transitional Justice
Accurate classification of victims is a prerequisite for effective transitional justice, reparations, and the prevention of future violations in Syria.
https://timep.org/2026/02/10/victim-classification-in-syria-toward-inclusive-transitional-justice/
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A deeply thoughtful read from A. Kayum Ahmed on the recent news involving MSF, HRW, and Palestine. He writes that institutions created out of the liberal world order "have never been engines of liberation. They measure injustice; they do not rupture it."
mondoweiss.net/2026/02/libe...
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Liberal institutions are designed to acknowledge Palestinian oppression but not end it
Two recent episodes have shown how liberal institutions like Human Rights Watch and Doctors Without Borders are designed to recognize the violence that shapes Palestinian life but not challenge the sy...
https://mondoweiss.net/2026/02/liberal-institutions-are-designed-to-acknowledge-palestinian-oppression-but-not-end-it/
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All my solidarity and support for renowned Egyptian human rights defender Aida Seif El-Dawla who has been called in for questioning by the Dokki Prosecution for Case 809 of 2026 before the Supreme State Security Prosecution. The summons fails to detail what she is being accused of.
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Eleven years ago today on February 10, 2015, three young Muslims--23 year old Deah Barakat, 21 year old Yusor Abu-Salha, and 19 year old Razan Abu-Salha--were shot to death in their home, in what came to be known as the Chapel Hill Shooting. Thinking of their loved ones today.
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The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
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Are you an early or mid-career advocate keen on engaging in the MENA policy space? Applications for our 2026-2027 Nonresident Fellowships are now open! Apply by 2/27 and don't miss this opportunity to build the skills and tools you need to do this work:
timep.org/2026/02/02/o...
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Stephen Miller right now.
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The fact that more people in this country seem angrier about a Grammy award winning artist singing in Spanish during the Super Bowl than about the revelations associating some of the world's most powerful people to a convicted sex offender tells you everything you need to know.
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Elite trolling level unlocked.
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Lawfare
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Lawfare is accepting applications for development manager. The role will focus on creating and implementing fundraising strategies, managing donor engagement activities, and providing support to bolster Lawfare’s fundraising capacity.
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Development Manager | The Lawfare Institute
About the role The development manager will support the planning, coordination, execution, and development of donor relationships. Reportin...
https://ats.rippling.com/lawfare-institute/jobs/5b64d769-c920-4ff5-8a85-70e3d0613648
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Ahead of the
#SuperBowlLX
today, here's a great listen from
@vox.com
on Bad Bunny and the significance of his music and his message for Puerto Rico and for this political moment at large
open.spotify.com/episode/00oN...
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Rima I Anabtawi
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Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to 7 more years in prison
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
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Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to 7 more years in prison
Iran has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to more than seven more years in prison, as Tehran's foreign minister strikes a hard-line tone against U.S. threats of military force.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-02-08/iran-sentences-nobel-laureate-narges-mohammadi-to-7-more-years-in-prison
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Jeff Bezos did not have to gut the Washington Post. He chose to.
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Phil Lewis
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post publisher Will Lewis says he's stepping down, days after the Post cut a third of its staff.
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Violence with impunity. Kidnappings. Sexual abuse. Inhumane detention conditions. Destroyed families. Terrorized children. Racial profiling. Deportation without due process. The fight over ICE is not a marginal fight. It's a fight for the soul of the country we want to recreate.
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Six in 10 Americans disapprove of the job ICE is doing. 65% feel that ICE has gone too far in enforcing immigration laws, a number that has gone up from 54% last June. (PBS News/NPR/Marist Poll).
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Kyle Griffin
6 days ago
Breaking MS NOW: The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official. At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance.
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Judge denies DHS bid to rush removal of Liam Ramos and his family
Kristen Stenvik, superintendent of the district where Liam goes to school, said the ruling provides both “additional time” and “continued uncertainty.”
https://www.ms.now/news/dhs-reportedly-seeks-expedited-removal-of-liam-ramos-and-his-family
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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AIPAC also knows this. That’s why none of their political ads discuss their actual issue at all and why they use vaguely named Super PACs so people don’t connect them with their own stated political mission and intent.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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place themselves at odds with our responsibility to represent the electorate and the views of the majority of Americans, who find the genocide in Gaza an appalling affront to American values and do not want to see US taxpayer funded weapons used to perpetuate it.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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They are a right-wing organization that undermines democracy. They have zero tolerance for any diversity of thought from their line, and pressure elected officials to increasingly-
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend. They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
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Today, Egyptian judge Mohamed Nagy Shehata died. In his life, he sentenced hundreds of Egyptians in highly politicized cases often rife with severe due process violations. He became notorious for handing down mass death sentences and was known as the "death penalty judge."
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The
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's international employees are not eligible for protection under the Guild and are in many cases being laid off with less favorable terms and face logistical challenges and security risks. If you can, consider donating to support them
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-washington-post-international-employees?attribution_id=sl:25110515-e369-4083-af62-356aa6d2a3e4&lang=en_US&ts=1770297428&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_content=amp17_tc&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link
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Phil Lewis
7 days ago
Scenes outside of the Washington Post headquarters right now:
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If you're in town today, drop by anytime between 5:45 and 8:45 pm to escape the cold and spend some time with some good people (
@timep.bsky.social
and friends included!) Let us know you're coming with a quick RSVP and bring your friends:
www.eventbrite.com/e/mena-socia...
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Jared Malsin
8 days ago
Can’t think of any reason why you would need reporters covering the Middle East, Ukraine and China right now.
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I'd love to know how the
@washingtonpost.com
thinks it can prioritize national security coverage without ground-up reporting from the MENA region (and other regions).
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Solidarity with all of the talented journalists and media workers losing their jobs at the
@washingtonpost.com
today. As someone who leads a MENA policy organization, I cannot do my work without the nuanced and in-depth coverage of the region that foreign correspondents deliver.
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Phil Lewis
8 days ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
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Leah McElrath
8 days ago
WaPo laying off entire Middle East team
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Ben Mullin
8 days ago
New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.
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The decision of HRW's new leadership to pull a report on the right of return for Palestinian refugees after it had been signed off on (including by legal) and prepped for publication raises serious questions that beg answering. HRW's response thus far has been inadequate.
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"On November 8, 2025, I crossed into Syria for the first time in 14 years with my one-year-old, Raya. This is a dream I never thought would happen for myself, let alone my daughter." If you read one thing this week, let it be this beautiful piece on return by Basma Alloush for
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Two HRW employees that make up the entirety of the organization's Israel and Palestine program are stepping down after the leadership blocked a report that deems Israel’s denial of Palestinian refugees the right of return a "crime against humanity."
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Human Rights Watch researchers resign after report on Palestinian right of return blocked
The organization claims the report, which finds Israel’s denial of the right of return is a crime against humanity, is ‘paused pending further analysis and research’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/03/human-rights-watch-researchers-resign-palestine
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
10 days ago
HUGE. A victory for more than a quarter million Haitians with Temporary Protected Status. A significant majority of them entered the United States legally and have never been out of status since. Even the Trump admin isn't saying Haiti is a safe country for them to go back to.
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A group of US citizens, immigration nonprofits, and legal orgs have filed a lawsuit challenging Trump's visa ban which suspended the approval of visas for people from 75 countries and which attempts to “eviscerate decades of settled immigration law.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/n...
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Trump Administration Sued Over Ban on Immigration From 75 Countries
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/nyregion/immigration-ban-lawsuit-75-countries.html
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Tomorrow, February 3, there's a
@helsinkicomm.bsky.social
hearing, titled "Securing Syria’s Transformation by Diminishing Russia’s Influence," to examine "the legacy of Russia’s support for Assad and the feasibility of evicting Russia from Syria." More here:
www.csce.gov/hearings/sec...
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Securing Syria’s Transformation by Diminishing Russia’s Influence - CSCE
With the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Syria and its partners have a historic opportunity to degrade Russia’s ability to project force across the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and Africa. Syria […]
https://www.csce.gov/hearings/securing-syrias-transformation-by-diminishing-russias-influence/
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🚨 🚨🚨 It's a super exciting day at
@timep.bsky.social
today, where we've just launched our call for nonresident fellowship applications! Don't miss the chance to become a part of this unique program to develop the skills and tools you need to tackle the MENA region's top policy challenges.
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Pop Base
11 days ago
Bad Bunny condemns ICE during his
#GRAMMYs
speech for Best Música Urbana Album: “Before I say thanks to god, I’m going to say, ICE out. We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we are humans and we are Americans.”
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Fourteen years ago today in Egypt, on February 1, 2012, 74 soccer fans, many of whom had been members of the Ultras Ahlawy, never came home after they were killed in what came to be known as the Port Said Stadium Massacre.
#JFT74
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ProPublica
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A note from our editors:
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ProPublica
11 days ago
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
https://www.propublica.org/article/alex-pretti-shooting-cbp-agents-identified-jesus-ochoa-raymundo-garcia?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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There's quite a lot of coverage on the role of the UAE in the war in Sudan, but much less coverage on other foreign actors. New
@nytimes.com
coverage uncovers the role of a secret Egyptian airbase and Baykar drones exported from Turkey in the fight
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/w...
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The Secret Egyptian Air Base Behind Sudan’s Drone War
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/world/africa/egypt-sudan-drones.html?unlocked_article_code=1.I1A.Xkbh.47KrKx4Sy8ih&smid=tw-share
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Joaquin Castro
11 days ago
Thank you to everyone who demanded freedom for Liam. We won’t stop until all children and families are home.
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Governor Tim Walz
11 days ago
To all the Minnesotans who are making their voices heard and protesting peacefully: The world is watching, and when change comes, it will be because of you.
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A district court judge has released a list of 96 court orders, which he describes as almost certainly an undercount, that ICE had violated in 74 different cases in a single district. ICE is systematically shredding the rule of law with impunity:
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Federal judge slams ICE for violating nearly 100 court orders: 'ICE is not a law unto itself'
Judges across the country are fed up with the Trump administration's refusal to follow orders requiring it to give bond hearings to detained immigrants.
https://reason.com/2026/01/29/federal-judge-slams-ice-for-violating-nearly-100-court-orders-ice-is-not-a-law-unto-itself/
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Joaquin Castro
11 days ago
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Andy Craig
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Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept." Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
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