Dr Asim Qureshi

Asim Qureshi

Qureshi

Dr Asim Qureshi is the Research Director of the advocacy group CAGE, and has authored a number of books detailing the impact of the global War on Terror

Follow him on Twitter: @AsimCP

The Filton 24 case exposes how UK terrorism laws are being used to criminalise pro-Palestine direct action and expand state repression, writes Asim Qureshi.

21 May, 2026

The Filton 24 were caught smashing weapons, yet the jury refused to convict—Asim Qureshi explains why this verdict is so significant.

26 February, 2026

A pro-Palestine activist held in a UK private prison for 2 years pre-trial is on a 3-week hunger strike to protest the punitive treatment she's faced.

01 September, 2025

Ramadan forces a shift in what is centred during the hours of the day for Muslims who observe it. Asim Qureshi shows us how this has decolonial potential.

27 February, 2025

Trump is not the first US president to confine migrants in Guantanamo, but this sets back over 20 years of campaigning for its closure, explains Asim Qureshi.

07 February, 2025

sim Qureshi describes the painful limbo of families of those disappeared as many Syrians still await news on the fate of loved ones taken by the Assad regime.

08 January, 2025

Book Club: Andy Clarno's comparative study looks at the 'neoliberal apartheid' that emerged in Palestine and South Africa after the Oslo Accords and 1994.

21 February, 2024

A HRW report has highlighted once again a lack of accountability for war crimes committed by US soldiers in Iraq. Many among the over 100,000 detained in prisons like Abu Ghraib were tortured but have received no justice, writes Asim Qureshi.

10 October, 2023

Book Club: Walaa Quisay's latest book examines the idea of 'tradition' within Anglo-American Islam by analysing three neo-traditionalist Islamic scholars in the West to look at how authority is formed and affirmed.

23 August, 2023

As Muslims around the world partake in charity during the holy month of Ramadan, it is important that this extends to captives who have been politically targeted and face brutal incarceration and torture, argues Asim Qureshi.

31 March, 2023