This is where bullying can lead. Yesterday, Alaa was bullied by a Western student & trolls bc she dared criticise Hamas in her analysis (although her focus is 🇮🇱’s crimes). Her framing—“I’m not a political analyst. I’m a Palestinian woman from Gaza”—breaks my heart.

What is obscene about this act of sycophancy is not merely its failure to mention Putin's genocidal war against Ukraine. It is also the taunt - reminiscent of Western apologists of Stalinism - that Russian people are free citizens marching towards a 'radiant future,' not an

So many Iranians within Iran are celebrating this too, in spite of anxieties around what might come next. How the Iranian street will react will be crucial

Péter Magyar, Hungarian opposition leader and pro-democracy politician, is now posting in English. I recommend following him. No one has more potential to stop Hungary's autocratisation. This thread exemplifies how he has challenged the Orban regime's anti-Ukrainian hate

There are nearly ten million Iranians in the diaspora, yet not a single protest has been held against the Israeli attack or in support of the Islamic Republic. That’s because no foreign power has killed, tortured, or exiled more Iranians than the regime itself.

Apparently “the residents of Tehran will pay the price” for Iran’s targeting of Israeli civilian areas. This is an incredibly idiotic position to take and will undermine all of Israel's objectives in this war. The Iranian people are broadly aligned with Israel in that they want

A group of Iranian civic activists including two Nobel laureates, Narges Mohammadi and Shirin Ebadi, and Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi ask for an end to the Iran-Israeli war, stopping attacks on civilians and stopping of nuclear enrichment by the regime. They also call for

What is pathetic is the moral confusion revealed by equating Russia's war against Ukraine and Israel's attack on Iran. Ukraine is a peaceful, rights-respecting democracy that threatened no one. Iran is a brutal, aggressive dictatorship that terrorises its own people, spreads

Powerful statement from 2 Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureates and other prominent citizens, many, including Mohammadi, speaking from inside the country

In an Australian-first, the Government has imposed sanctions on Russia’s shadow fleet to help starve its war machine of oil revenue. Russia must end its illegal war. Australia stands with Ukraine. Read more here: foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny…

I’ve now heard from multiple dissidents in Iran who are being threatened that they will be jailed or killed if they don’t stop publicly criticizing the regime online or communicating with “foreigners.” Their families are also being threatened.

Yesteday the government of Canada sanctioned Putin’s closest accomplices based on a list provided by my colleagues from @ACF_Int Well done, Canada! Thank you, Mark Carney. Hope this marks just the beginning — with the EU, US, and UK soon to follow

After 15 years of Orban's corrupt, increasingly autocratic and pro-Putin regime, Hungary is poised for an electoral revolution. It will be led by Magyar Péter (Ne féljetek), the anticorruption crusader and centre-right politician who is committed to democratic renewal, a European future,

Straight-up, unapologetic, imperialism. Hard for me to understand how leaders from former colonies could show so much indifference to this blatant new imperialism.

This is for a psychiatrist.

When you see Kremlin talking points on official US govt social media accounts and ask : how can this be? Maybe this is how…