Taz Ali

Israel attacks Iran as blasts heard in Tehran – live updates Israel’s military sounded air raid sirens across the country ‘to prepare the public for the possibility of missiles being launched toward Israel’ in retaliation * Full report: Israel bracing for retaliation after strikes on Iran Reports are emerging that the US is involved in Israel’s strikes on Iran’s capital. Associated Press reported that a US official and a person familiar with the operation said the US is participating in the Israeli strikes. They who spoke on condition of anonymity to detail sensitive military operations, AP said. Continue reading...

Israel attacks Iran as blasts heard in Tehran – live updates

High court to rule on lawfulness of Home Office’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action – live Case brought by the group’s co-founder is challenging the organisation’s ban under the Terrorism Act The High Court is set to rule on whether the Home Office’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group was lawful. Huda Ammori, the co-founder of Palestine Action, took legal action against the government to challenge the decision by then-home secretary Yvette Cooper to ban the group under the Terrorism Act 2000. Continue reading...

High court to rule on lawfulness of Home Office’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action – live

Meet the Jehovah’s Witnesses who’ve left the faith and never looked back There can be severe social consequences to leaving your religion behind, but many continue to do it, spurred on by a desire to live and learn independently. Taz Ali meets the people who’ve used their ...

Micki was told the world would end after 9/11. Then Trump's election. Then Covid. When Armageddon never came, she and other Jehovah's Witnesses decided to leave the faith. They spoke to me about finding freedom on the other side

Story for @the-independent.com
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I lost my sight aged 13 - now I teach blind people how to use computers Shahin Alam is helping hundreds to master tech. But he felt like he was ‘living in a grave’ when typhoid first took his vision

I spoke to Shahin Alam, a blind man in Bangladesh who offers free computer training to the partially sighted to help them navigate a modern world.

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Masking, lying and pretending: the hidden struggles of Britain’s ‘ex-Muslims’ The number of ex-Muslims in Britain is impossible to quantify, as publicly leaving your faith behind could lead to rejection and isolation from your family and your community. For some, the only optio...

I wrote a feature for @the-independent.com about the dating lives of ex-Muslims in Britain, a topic that remains deeply taboo in Western Muslim communities.

I'm grateful to those who shared their stories. Their honesty and vulnerability moved me greatly.

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Handwritten newspaper brings hope to remote Bangladesh village Bangladesh’s own special correspondent handwrites paper to share local news

Handwritten newspaper brings hope to remote Bangladesh village

Bangladesh’s own special correspondent handwrites paper to share local news

by @tazali.bsky.social in @theipaper.com

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‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detention Healthcare workers are protected under international law yet hundreds were detained during the war. Now, some of Gaza’s most senior doctors have spoken of the violence and abuse they say they faced * More than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons…

‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detention

'Great loss for humanity': Heritage sites destroyed in Lebanon and Gaza Archeologists fear cultural treasures will be lost forever as Israel accused of erasing Arab identity

Lebanon and Gaza hold some of the world’s most important archaeological sites that stretch back to the Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods.

Many of them are disappearing under the Israeli bombardment that has levelled vast areas into dust.

My story for @inews.co.uk

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Nations are growing bolder in assassinating enemies overseas From drones to pager attacks and exploding scooters, state-sponsored assassinations are becoming more visible and more frequent

Nations are growing bolder in assassinating enemies overseas

From drones to pager attacks and exploding scooters, state-sponsored assassinations are becoming more visible and more frequent

@tazali.bsky.social reports

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What the ICC's arrest warrant for Netanyahu means for the UK Human rights experts warned the UK could be 'aiding and abetting' alleged crimes in Gaza

The International Criminal Court has found reasonable grounds to believe Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has committed war crimes in Gaza, a decision that could spell trouble for the UK and other nations that supply arms to Israel

My story for @inews.co.uk

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UK arms exports to Israel much higher than official figures show Campaigners are calling for a 'workaround' that allows military equipment to be sent to Israel via third countries to be closed

There should be a full embargo on all UK arms sales to Israel.

While Starmer and Lammy might prevaricate on genocide (the ICJ said plausible months ago), there is no doubt that war crimes and ethnic cleansing are happening - in which the UK is complicit.
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