Petition: Justice For Marzieh – Uphold the 4th Amendment
If anyone else abducted an individual and held the person prisoner for 10 days, there would be consequences. This should also be true for…
Category: Trump / Governmental actions
Marzieh Hashemi released!
Marzieh Hashemi has been released from her detention without charge and is with her family in Washington DC. Marzieh and her family say they…
It’s time to join together to protect essential rights
The federal government forcibly seized, shackled & is imprisoning Marzieh Hashemi, a grandmother who has not even been charged with a crime. This violates…
AP: Jailed TV journalist Marzieh Hashami not accused of any crime
Partially unsealed federal court documents reveal that Hashemi, a U.S. citizen, has not been accused of any crime. She has appeared twice before a U.S.…
AP: Jailed American Iranian TV anchor Marzieh Hashemi to appear before US grand jury
Hashemi will be taken to the federal courthouse in Washington, her son told AP. He has said she's been jailed as a material witness,…
Press groups concerned about US jailing of Iranian news anchor; court appearances shrouded in mystery
Committee to Protect Journalists and PEN call for Justice Department to state why it has jailed US citizen Marzieh Hashemi, a prominent journalist with…
FBI refuses to discuss detention of American Iranian TV anchor Marzieh Hashemi
The US has jailed prominent Press TV journalist Marzieh Hashemi, an American citizen, apparently as a "material witness"– 'a charge authorities use when they…
US arrests prominent Iranian journalist reportedly to use as ‘bargaining chip’
The US is holding 59-year-old Marzieh Hashemi, a popular Iranian news anchor, under abusive conditions. Born Melanie Franklin in New Orleans, she was on…
Opinion: As an American-Israeli, I Am Thrilled for the Palestinians and for Rashida Tlaib
Every day that Netanyahu chooses Trump and fundamentalism over the pro-democracy, pro-equality, pro-pluralism views of diaspora Jews, is a great day for the Palestinian…
Bolton, in Israel, torpedoes Trump’s Syria troop withdrawal
John Whitbeck writes: "It appears that Bolton, who owes his position to billionaire Israel advocate Sheldon Adelson, has overruled – or is seeking to…
Trump’s Syria Withdrawal Enrages Pro-Israel Chickenhawks
Giraldi: The U.S. press, in its war against Trump, is pushing an illegal and unconstitutional invasion of Syria whose stated primary objective is to remove a…
Palestine to apply for full UN membership
Palestinians will be pushing the envelope in January as they apply for full membership in the United Nations. The body has shown sympathy and…
Trump responds to Israeli complaints about US troops exiting Syria: We give Israel $4.5 billion
Israel partisans have been claiming that Trump's planned Syria troop withdrawal will leave Israel in danger. Trump pointed out that the U.S. gives Israel…
Sheldon Adelson’s $82 million+ donation bought U.S. Israel policies
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who seems to prefer Israel to the US, runs 'Trump's' policies on Israel-Palestine
Texas: she didn’t sign the “Israel Oath,” so she got fired
A children's speech pathologist refuses to sign a will-not-boycott-Israel oath: she loses her job, an unknown number of children lose her advocacy. She notes…
Israel lobby has helped make US obsolete by enabling Israel to be a top arms exporter
An arms deal between Israel and Croatia highlights the US overindulgent military aid policy toward Israel. Today, thanks to our generosity, Israel has developed…