Ali Abunimah, UN and Switzerland

UN experts decry arrest of Electronic Intifada co-founder Ali Abunimah in Switzerland
UN special rapporteurs called Abunimah's arrest 'shocking' and 'concerning', and urged Switzerland to investigate the arrest and release the journalist.
“My 'Crime'? Being a Journalist Who Speaks Up for Palestine”: Ali Abunimah Speaks Out After Swiss Arrest
The Palestinian American journalist Ali Abunimah was freed from detention Monday evening and deported from Switzerland after a three-day ordeal that rights groups and U.N. experts blasted as a major attack on free speech.
UN experts slam Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah’s arrest in Switzerland
United Nations human rights experts and activists have condemned the arrest of a prominent Palestinian journalist in the Swiss city of Zurich, saying it raised concerns about freedom of speech. 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 before his speech in Zurich,
UN Experts Decry Arrest of Pro-Palestinian American Journalist in Switzerland
GENEVA - U.N. human rights experts and activists on Sunday condemned the arrest of an American, pro-Palestinian journalist in the Swiss city of Zurich, saying it raised concerns about freedom of speech.
Switzerland releases, deports Palestinian American journalist Ali Abunimah
The Electronic Intifada’s executive director says his offence was ‘being a journalist who speaks up for Palestine’.
‘Condemning zionism is no crime’: Palestinian journalist deported from Switzerland
FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail Respected Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah who was arrested, jailed for two days, and later deported while traveling to speak at an event in Switzerland, vows to speak out about his alarming ordeal.
Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah deported as UN rapporteurs slam Switzerland over freedom of speech
Human rights groups criticised the detention of the journalist as part of a 'dangerous trend' of silencing media figures vocal about Israel's onslaught in Gaza.
Switzerland Releases Palestinian Journalist Ali Abunimah After Unwarranted Detention
Palestinian-American journalist Ali Abunimah says Swiss authorities have released him after detaining him for three days without any clear reason.
UN Experts Slam Swiss Arrest Of Pro-Palestinian US Journalist
UN rights experts have decried the arrest in Switzerland at the weekend of a pro-Palestinian US journalist who raised concerns about waning freedom of speech in Europe.
Palestinian-American journalist Ali Abunimah arrested in Switzerland, sparking outrage
Palestinian-American journalist Ali Abunimah was arrested in Switzerland after arriving to speak at an event held by the Palestine Committee Zürich.
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