10 June 2014
Human rights campaigners are calling on the Obama administration to drop charges a Palestinian-American community organizer who was tortured by Israel. Read more about Why is Obama administration prosecuting sexual torture victim Rasmea Odeh?
28 May 2014
Odeh’s history of torture during a decade of Israeli custody could become a relevant issue at trial, lawyer says. Read more about Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh rejects US plea deal, prepares for October trial
21 November 2013
Listen to The Electronic Intifada’s Maureen Clare Murphy discuss repression of Palestine organizing in the United States on Chicago Public Radio. Read more about Rasmea Odeh and political prosecutions in the US
14 November 2013
Rasmea Odeh spent ten years and faced torture and abuse in Israeli prison. Now as she faces the full weight of the US government trying to jail her for alleged “immigration fraud,” her first day in court reveals much about the violence of US “justice.” Read more about Rasmea Odeh’s day in court
Chicago 12 November 2013
Rasmea Yousef Odeh has been targeted because she is an effective Arab community leader in Chicago. Read more about Why does US treat ex-prisoners from Ireland and Palestine differently?
4 November 2013
Should a publication that seeks to foster “a new conversation about Israel and Palestine” perpetuate Nakba denial and tolerate discourse that excuses or denies sexual assault? Read more about Nakba denial and rape culture at Peter Beinart's Open Zion
26 October 2013
A pillar in Chicago’s Palestinian community faces jail time and deportation over a conviction by an Israeli military court more than four decades ago. Read more about Palestinian arrested in Chicago because of her community activism, groups say