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“Because it’s Iran. And I have to live here.” That was the explanation offered by a young woman in Tehran earlier this week when she was asked why she declined to do an anonymous, audio-only interview with a CBC News journalist from abroad. What she wasn’t afraid to do, however, …
Read More »London police arrest hundreds as pro-Palestinian protesters defy new U.K. law
British police said they arrested more than 200 people in central London on Saturday as supporters of a recently banned pro-Palestinian group intentionally flouted the law as part of their effort to force the government to reconsider the ban. Parliament in early July passed a law banning Palestine Action and …
Read More »Ontario NDP sets ultimatum for legislature keffiyeh ban, threatening to defy rules
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles is promising to escalate her party’s attempts to overturn a ban on wearing the keffiyeh inside Queen’s Park when legislators return at the beginning of May. In a video posted to social media, Stiles said that if …
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