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Don't get me wrong it's really fecking important to report what's going on in #Iran and cover #IranProtests, but as a #US-bound camera crew they stick out like a Pantomimé in Mogadishu...

  • Their chances would've been way better getting in contact with locals remotely and going out of their way to not request or collect any #PII whatsoever in order to not endanger anyone.

Similar to how one can't just interview people on the streets of #Pyongyang, everyone in #Tehran is rightfully afraid of repression...

She can be glad she just got booted out of #Iran and not given a "non-consensual tour of #Evrin from the inside"...

  • Seriously, Iran is one of those places where I'd certainly not go in person, and I'm a heterocisbinary dude who with a bit of tan and clothing would likely be able to pass as a local...

Cuz #HostageDiplomacy is something #Tehran is proficient in...

youtube.com/watch?v=VAQRCCWsi-s

« [U]ne série de #films et de publications récentes donne accès à cette singularité iranienne, en éclairant à la fois un processus historique et un présent brûlant. On y voit se construire, en matière de guerre et de résistances, une salutaire archive politique et humaine, qui donne de la profondeur historique au mouvement actuel... »

en-attendant-nadeau.fr/2024/12

#Iran #FemmeVieLiberté #IranProtests #cinéma #documentaire #livres @film @bookstodon @iran

En attendant Nadeau · Nous étions aussi rebelles l'une que l'autre - En attendant NadeauAnalyse par Catherine Coquio de l'actuelle production cinématographique et littéraire relative à l'Iran.

A moving and concerning article about the first #Uyghur woman to receive a doctorate who disappeared in #China.

After the pandemic, #Ukraine #Gaza and the #IranProtests , I fear we all lost sight of the #uighurs.
This is a really good introduction to the whole region as well as a portrait of a remarkable woman.

What became of Rahile Dawut? - on.ft.com/49SUd6n via @FT

www.ft.comA disappearance in XinjiangWhat became of famed Uyghur academic Rahile Dawut?