Azadeh Shahshahani

Azadeh Shahshahani

Azadeh Shahshahani is Legal & Advocacy Director at Project South and a past president of the National Lawyers Guild; she tweets @ashahshahani.

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color photograph of an outdoor protest in support of Palestinian liberation. a fem person wearing jeans and a white tank top
Imperialism

Legislation punishing free speech in support of Palestine has been introduced across the South

In the months since Oct. 7, students, organizers, and community members have decried the ongoing genocide in Gaza and called for a free Palestine. There has also been a corresponding increase in Islamophobia and brutal suppression of Palestinian organizing, including intimidation, police brutality, and violence waged against college students who

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5 Min
By: Juilee Shivalkar, Azadeh Shahshahani
a femme person wearing short jeans and a black T-shirt reading "[U]ndocu[me]nted" helps hold a white poster with red letters
Crime, Reform & Abolition

ICE prison in South Georgia should be shut down, not expanded

The facility has a history of human rights violations that compromise the safety, health, and rights of detained people

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5 Min
By: Meredyth L. Yoon, Azadeh Shahshahani

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