MEDIA ROOTS – Reporting From Outside Party Lines » resistance http://mediaroots.org Sat, 15 Jul 2023 22:24:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 Silencing Palestine – Prison & Repression http://mediaroots.org/silencing-palestine-prison-repression/ http://mediaroots.org/silencing-palestine-prison-repression/#comments Sat, 15 Apr 2017 14:27:16 +0000 http://mediaroots.org/?p=8805 Read More]]> Israel’s occupation of the West Bank is an internationally-recognized human rights crime—but those being impacted are harshly punished for not only acts of resistance, but even mere advocacy for their rights.

Getting detailed facts about Israel’s imposition of Military Law in the West Bank, Abby Martin visits the the Ramallah offices of Addameer—the most prominent prisoners’ rights organizations in Palestine—for a shocking investigation into the use of Israeli jails and arbitrary laws as a weapon.

Chronicling this history of resistance and repression from the First Intifada through the 2015 uprising, this episode shows what brutal lengths the Israeli occupation will go to silence any and all advocacy for freedom.

Silencing Palestine – Prison & Repression

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]]> http://mediaroots.org/silencing-palestine-prison-repression/feed/ 0 Saudi Arabia’s Hidden Revolution & Crushing of Resistance http://mediaroots.org/saudi-arabias-hidden-revolution-crushing-of-resistance/ http://mediaroots.org/saudi-arabias-hidden-revolution-crushing-of-resistance/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2015 15:49:44 +0000 http://mediaroots.org/?p=7983 Read More]]> UntitledSaudi Arabia, one of the region’s most sectarian and intensely brutal regimes, happens to be one of the United State’s greatest allies. The history hidden behind the Saudi kingdom’s steel curtain reveals the existence of a world power that is both restrictive and unflinching in its violence, and thanks to help from the UK, the notorious human rights abuser now heads the United Nations Human Rights Council.

The oil giant not only subjects local Shia Muslims to hostile policies, it also extends systematic, merciless abuse to migrants who already face countless obstacles while attempting to work in the region. Yemen, one of the most food insecure countries in the world, is also being subjected to the kingdom’s wrath. As countless Yemenis starve under relentless Saudi bombing, the US is militarily backing the war, having just approved $1.3 billion more in arms to the monarchy.

Fearful of losing its grip on power in the region, the Saudi kingdom, which is part of the larger, archaic band of Gulf monarchies, actively hunts down and executes dissidents who are part of a local Arab Spring—but it is clear that Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, despite how much violence it unleashes, is doomed to fail.

In this episode of The Empire Files, Abby Martin exposes Saudi Arabia—not only its rampant brutality, but the resistance that exists despite the kingdom’s relentless attempts to crush it.

 

 Saudi Arabia’s Hidden Revolution & Crushing of Resistance

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