Azadeh Shahshahani

Azadeh Shahshahani is legal and advocacy director at Project South and a past president of the National Lawyers Guild. She tweets @ashahshahani.

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States Across the South Are Introducing Laws Punishing Pro-Palestinian Speech

Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Texas have all introduced legislation conflating support for Palestine with terrorism.

By: Juilee Shivalkar &; Azadeh Shahshahani ,; Prism

August 11, 2024

Op-Ed

Politics & Elections

Voting Trump Out Isn’t Enough — We Must Organize to Build a Better Future

We need strong social movements based in an understanding of race, the South, and the power of collective action.

By: Emery Wright ,; Azadeh Shahshahani ,; Stephanie Guilloud ,; Truthout

February 2, 2020

Op-Ed

Human Rights

Atlanta as a Sanctuary City: Holding Leaders Accountable for Violence Against Marginalized People

One step the Atlanta can take to meaningfully stand up to Trump and help protect our communities.

By: Azadeh Shahshahani ,; Adelina Nicholls ,; Mary Hooks ,; Speakout

April 28, 2017

News Analysis

War & Peace

Tribunal Finds Mexico and US Jointly Responsible for Human Rights Crisis Linked to Drug War

The jury has called for the suspension of US military and police aid to Mexico.

By: Camilo Pérez-Bustillo &; Azadeh Shahshahani ,; Speakout

December 16, 2015

News Analysis

San Fernando Migrant Massacre: How US, Mexican and Latin American Governments Share Responsibility

An international tribunal recently concluded that the US, Mexico and several Latin American countries are responsible for state terror against migrants.

By: Camilo Pérez-Bustillo &; Azadeh Shahshahani ,; Truthout

October 7, 2014

News Analysis

The Geopolitics of Election Approval: The US Response to Honduras and Venezuela

US National Lawyers Guild election overseers compare and contrast presidential elections in Honduras and Venezuela and describe the United States' embrace of the results of the more problematic of …

By: Lauren Carasik ,; Susan Scott ,; Azadeh Shahshahani ,; Truthout

December 17, 2013

Op-Ed

Activists Show International Solidarity With Palestinians at World Forum

Marking international solidarity with the Palestinian people, the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, brought together black, Latino, refugee and migrant rights, labor, anti-Zionism and indigenous self-determination activists …

By: Charlotte Kates ,; Suzanne Adely ,; Azadeh Shahshahani ,; Truthout

January 5, 2013

News Analysis

US Intervention Continues to Undermine Egyptian Revolution

Human rights delegation to Egypt concludes any future support to the Egyptian government must meet the people's real needs, not promote the interests of foreign and local elites.

By: Suzanne Adely ,; Azadeh Shahshahani ,; Corinna Mullin ,; Truthout

July 30, 2012

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