4 days ago · Ali Abunimah. The Electronic Intifada’s executive director Ali Abunimah was deported by Switzerland on Monday after spending two nights in jail. Abunimah described his experience in a statement he made upon arrival to Istanbul airport late Monday. He said that he was “cut off from communication with the outside world” and “not even ...

Abunimah, the executive director of the Electronic Intifada publication, suggested in a social media post on Monday that Switzerland detained him because of his advocacy for Palestinian rights.

2 days ago · Palestinian American journalist Ali Abunimah has been deported from Switzerland after a three-day detention, sparking widespread condemnation from human rights organisations and UN experts.. Abunimah, an outspoken advocate for Palestinian rights and Executive Director of The Electronic Intifada, arrived in Zurich on Friday for a series of events but was detained at the airport for an hour of ...

3 days ago · UN experts slam Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah’s arrest in Switzerland. Calling the arrest of Electronic Intifada website’s founder ‘shocking’, they say the ‘climate surrounding ...

4 days ago · By Palestine Chronicle Staff . Ali Abunimah was released from a Swiss prison on Monday and deported from the country. UPDATE: “On Monday evening I was brought to Zurich airport in handcuffs, in a small metal cage inside a windowless prison van and led all the way to the plane by police,” Palestinian-American journalist Ali Abunimah wrote in a statement on X from the airport, adding that he ...

3 days ago · Swiss authorities have arrested and deported prominent Palestinian American journalist Ali Abunimah, executive director of online publication The Electronic Intifada, ahead of a speech he was slated to give in Zurich over the weekend, the publication has reported.. The Electronic Intifada said that Abunimah was questioned by police for an hour at the Zurich airport on Friday before being ...

2 days ago · Journalist Ali Abunimah has been released from detention by Swiss authorities and deported from the country after being held for three days, the American-Palestinian journalist said on Monday evening.

2 days ago · Rights groups say his arrest is an attempt by the West to crush expressions of solidarity with Palestine.

5 days ago · Ali Abunimah. The Electronic Intifada’s executive director Ali Abunimah was arrested by Swiss police ahead of a speaking event in Zurich on Saturday afternoon. He is currently being detained and has had access to legal counsel. The arrest came one day after Abunimah arrived in Zurich for a speaking tour.

2 days ago · Palestinian American journalist and Executive Director of the Electronic Intifada (EI), Ali Abunimah, was deported from Switzerland yesterday evening after a three-day detention that sparked ...