The New Arab Staff

Assiah Hamed

Hamed

Assiah Hamed is a staff writer at The New Arab.

The first ever ban on a direct action group not advocating violence has elicited fears over democratic rights and selective criminalisation

15 July, 2025

UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper reportedly plans to proscribe Palestine Action as a terror group - after activists broke into RAF Brize Norton

21 June, 2025

Francesca Albanese, a prominent pro-Palestine advocate amid Israel’s war on Gaza, will remain in office until 2028, the UN Human Rights Council stressed.

05 April, 2025

Tell Mama’s future hangs in the balance as funding concerns raise fears for victims of anti-Muslim hate, despite government assurances of continued support

03 April, 2025

The Royal Television Society has provoked backlash after making a last-minute decision to cancel a special recognition award for journalists in Gaza.

07 March, 2025

Rights groups have previously raised concerns over Germany’s crackdown on pro-Palestine solidarity, sparked by Israel’s war on Gaza since 7 October 2023.

12 February, 2025

Israel's decision to follow the US in withdrawing from the UN rights body has prompted a wave of criticism from rights groups.

06 February, 2025

A joint letter issued by six rights groups outlined its concerns to UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy on the country’s arms transfers to Israel after criticism.

05 February, 2025

In a letter to UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, legal experts call police actions “disproportionate, unwarranted, and dangerous".

22 January, 2025

French pro-Palestine protesters were met with attacks by Israeli fans, after they interrupted a game between between Nanterre and Hapoel Holon in Paris.

19 December, 2024