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![Inside the prisons at Abu Ghraib in Baghdad, Iraq, May 2003](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-451510636-400x300.jpg)
20 Years After Abu Ghraib, Its Victims Take Their Torturers to Court
Survivors exposed the violence of the “war on terror,” refusing to let it be relegated to the dustbin of history.
![Civil Defence Authority teams work to recover bodies of Palestinians from under the rubble in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on April 21, 2024. The Palestinian Civil Defense Administration in the Gaza Strip said late Saturday that the bodies of 50 Palestinians killed by the Israeli army were recovered from a mass grave in the southern Khan Younis province.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0426-mass-grave-400x300.jpg)
Mass Graves in Khan Yunis Reveal Unspeakable Horror of US-Backed Gaza Invasion
Emboldened by unconditional military and diplomatic support from the US, Israel continues to act with impunity in Gaza.
![Texas State Troopers and other police forces monitor the scene as pro-Palestinian students protest on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, on April 24, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0425-ut-400x300.jpg)
UT Austin Faculty Strike in Solidarity With Pro-Palestine Student Protesters
Faculty are acting together, without a union, to break the law and stop work in order to protect the student movement.
![Advocates with lived homelessness experience demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/IMG_5004-400x300.jpg)
SCOTUS Ignores Housing Crisis in Hearing on Laws Criminalizing Unhoused People
As the court hearing took place, unhoused people and their allies rallied outside, demanding “housing, not handcuffs.”
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Human Rights Advocates Slam UK Move to Deport Asylum Seekers to Rwanda
The Labour Party has vowed to scrap the legislation if it wins control of the government later this year.
![Indigenous protest in Brazil](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1258444113-400x300.jpg)
Lula Has Fallen Short on Land Demarcation Promises, Indigenous Brazilians Say
“Lula cannot speak about fighting climate change without fulfilling his duty to demarcate our lands,” an advocate said.
![Crying Palestinian children wave empty pots as they await aid from charity](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-2040579717-400x300.jpg)
Israel’s Starvation Campaign Could Affect Palestinians for Generations to Come
Studies on past famines have horrific implications for Gaza’s malnourished children — and then for their children.
![Pro-Palestinian protesters gather outside of Columbia Universit](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-2147910372-400x300.jpg)
This Is a Politicizing Moment. Let’s Spread Our Wings and Lift Up Palestine.
The wisdom of birds in flight can inspire our collective movement to flock together for Palestine's liberation.
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Survey: Palestinians and Their Allies Are Experiencing Racism, Isolation
The survey showcases how “anti-Palestinian racism affects many more people than previously expected,” the authors said.
![Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/SEG1-Nadera-Arrest-Court-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Police Arrest Renowned Feminist Scholar Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
More than 100 professors around the world released a statement calling for her immediate release.