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![President Joe Biden, left, meets Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Royal State Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 15, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/2022_1118-biden-mbs-400x300.jpg)
Biden Administration Calls for Immunity for Saudi Crown Prince in Khashoggi Case
The move is a reversal from Biden's campaign promise to make Saudi leaders “pay the price” for the journalist’s murder.
![A bald man with glasses and a well-manicured, short-cut beard and goatee sits in a white room with a bricked interior.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/KJ1-400x300.jpg)
Kevin Johnson Speaks From Death Row About His Impending Execution This Month
The 37-year-old father will face state-sanctioned murder this month unless his sentence is commuted.
![The exterior of an immigrant detention center](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/2022_1116-immigration-prison-400x300.jpg)
Video Footage Shows Asylum Seeker in ICE Detention Being Force-Fed
ICE's response to peaceful hunger strikes continues to expose the cruelty of the immigration detention system.
![Native youth rally in front of the Supreme Court on November 9, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/2022_1111-EveryChildMatters11922-400x300.jpg)
Supreme Court Considers Dismantling Native Sovereignty in “Haaland v. Brackeen”
The Supreme Court is deciding whether to overturn four decades of legal precedent on Indigenous rights.
![Egypt Arrests Hundreds in Crackdown Ahead of COP27 Climate Summit](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/SEG1-Egypt-Police-400x300.jpg)
Egypt Arrests Hundreds in Crackdown Ahead of COP27 Climate Summit
Fifteen Nobel laureates have called on world leaders to pressure Egypt into releasing its many political prisoners.
![A Palestinian girl stands on the ruins of their destroyed house in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on August 16, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/2022_1025-palestine-400x300.jpg)
Amnesty Says Israel War Crimes Investigation Should Include Apartheid Policies
The human rights group called for an ICC probe into Israel's military offensive in Gaza carried out in August.
![ACLU Says Right to Boycott Is at Stake in Lawsuit Over Arkansas Anti-BDS Law](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/SEG3-BDS-400x300.jpg)
ACLU Says Right to Boycott Is at Stake in Lawsuit Over Arkansas Anti-BDS Law
The Supreme Court is being asked to overturn a law requiring state contractors to sign a pledge not to boycott Israel.
![Iranian demonstrators take to the streets of the capital Tehran during a protest for Mahsa Amini on September 21, 2022, days after she died in police custody.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/GettyImages-1243408406-400x300.jpg)
Solidarity With Iranians Starts With Bringing an End to US Sanctions
U.S. sanctions on Iran have spread poverty and strengthened the most repressive aspects of the Iranian state.
![Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate: Nothing Will Be the Same After the Protests](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/SEG-split-hijabburning-400x300.jpg)
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate: Nothing Will Be the Same After the Protests
Activist and lawyer Shirin Ebadi, the first female judge in Iran, weighs in on the country’s future.
![A protester with the Iranian flag painted on their face participates in an outdoor demonstration](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/2022_1019-iran-protest-400x300.jpg)
Without Ending Deadly Sanctions on Iran, There Can Be No “Woman, Life, Freedom”
The domestic economic policies in Iran are compounded by sanctions against the country, which hurt the most vulnerable.