The Free University of Berlin canceled a lecture by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese. The newspaper Der Freitag published a statement from scientific organizations and NGOs calling for the protection of freedom of expression in higher education institutions.
The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) strongly condemns the Free University of Berlin’s cancellation of lectures by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese and Prof. Eyal Weizman, highlighting it as an act of political censorship and a violation of academic freedom. BRISMES criticizes the misuse of the IHRA definition of antisemitism to silence criticism of Israel and calls for a public apology, a reaffirmation of academic freedom, and the rejection of the IHRA definition. The letter underscores the need to protect open discourse and resist political interference in universities.
Germany’s unqualified support for the Zionist genocide has accelerated its transformation from an already hollowed-out neoliberal democracy into an authoritarian society.
The Madagascar Plan was the Nazis’ last effort to solve the ‘Jewish Problem’ before the Final Solution
The formation of The Hague Group is a critical step toward saving the international legal order. More states need to follow through to ensure the end of systemic impunity.
Revue des droits de l’homme – N°26
Éric Fassin
https://doi.org/10.4000/12hrc
Ministers and senior officials protected arms deals facilitating death and horror in Gaza and Yemen. I urge my former colleagues to resist them
I saw northern Gaza for the first time in 15 months: debris and dust—that is all that is left.
I saw them killed by sniper fire and drones. Why doesn’t Labour condemn it? Why do arms keep flowing in Israel’s direction?
Following Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s arrest in northern Gaza, his wife describes her fears over the hospital director’s fate and the tragedy of their son’s killing.
