Tehran, Iran – Bolder protests are being seen in Iran amid a surge deployment of armed security officers as the government’s efforts to contain the crumbling economy collapse. Images circulating online showed huge protests late Tuesday in the town of Abdanan in central Ilam province, where several major demonstrations have taken place over the past … Read more
The government has condemned an activist’s “abhorrent” social media posts which sparked a backlash after his return to the UK from detention in Egypt. Alaa Abd El-Fattah, a British-Egyptian citizen, was detained in Egypt in September 2019. In December 2021, he was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of spreading fake news. His … Read more
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has allowed a Tufts University student from Turkey to resume research and teaching while she faces the consequences of the Trump administration revoking her visa, which leads to six weeks of detention. The arrest of Rümeysa Öztürk, a doctoral student who studies children’s relationship with social media, was among … Read more