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. Abunimah is founder of the online news site Electronic Intifada. He was arrested and jailed ahead of a speaking event in Zurich. He wrote in a social media post after leaving Switzerland, “My 'crime'? Being a journalist who speaks up for Palestine and against Israel’s genocide and settler-colonial savagery and those who aid and abet it.”
“My 'Crime'? Being a Journalist Who Speaks Up for Palestine”: Ali Abunimah Speaks Out After Swiss Arrest
HeadlineJan 28, 2025
