5 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.

6 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.

3 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 ...

5 days ago · 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 ...

4 days ago · Abunimah, the executive director of the online news site Electronic Intifida, was detained by Swiss authorities on Saturday ahead of a planned speaking event in Zurich, sparking condemnation by ...

5 days ago · Ali Abunimah – the executive director of online publication Electronic Intifada which calls itself “Palestine’s weapon of mass instruction” – was arrested by Swiss police on Saturday ...

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

4 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 ...

6 days ago · Swiss authorities have detained Ali Abunimah, a Palestinian-American journalist and co-founder of the pro-Palestine news outlet The Electronic Intifada (EI). Abunimah was reportedly questioned by Swiss police for an hour upon his arrival at Zurich airport on Friday before being granted entry into the city.