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Mahmoud Khalil Refuses to Condemn Hamas on CNN as Legal Battles Continue

He challenged CNN’s spotlight on Hamas condemnation even as he pursues a wrongful detention lawsuit after being released on bail.

Russia Advances Law Criminalizing Searches for 'Extremist' Content

D.C. Circuit Upholds Restrictions on AP White House Access

Internal DOJ Emails Expose White House Coordination to Label Parents as ‘Domestic Terrorists’

Hong Kong Appeals Court Opens '47' Activists' National Security Law Hearings

Judge Bars LAPD From Using Force on Journalists Covering Immigration Protests

Court Halts Trump’s Ban on Harvard International Students

Thousands March in London to End Gaza War as UK Moves to Ban Palestine Action

Italian Prosecutors Open Forensic Probe of Phones in Paragon Spyware Case

U.S. Resumes Student Visa Processing With Social Media Screening

LA ICE Demonstrations See Protesters and Journalists Struck by Rubber Bullets

Australian Writer Deported Over Pro-Palestine Protest Coverage

Texas Capitol Evacuated After Credible Threat Against Lawmakers Ahead of ‘No Kings’ Protest

Met Police End Inquiry Into Corbyn and McDonnell Protest Roles

Citizen Lab Finds Paragon Graphite Spyware Infected Two Journalists

Delhi High Court Denies Bail to Kashmiri Separatist Leader Shabir Ahmad Shah

Russia Hands Navalny Ally 18-Year Sentence In Absentia

Russia Arrests Opposition Leader Lew Schlosberg for Ceasefire Call and Imposes House Arrest

Italian Intelligence Committee Rebukes Paragon’s Account of Graphite Spyware Termination

Trump Administration Escalates NGO Crackdown with Philanthropy Tax and Contempt Limits