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I have lived in Athens for eight years. Long enough to know its rhythms, and long enough to watch the word “protection” disappear. Every headline speaks of “illegal immigration,” every policy turns arrival into suspicion. The system doesn’t ask why you came—it asks how. And in that shift, survival becomes a crime. When I crossed into Greece in 2015, I wasn’t running from poverty. I was fleeing political repression. But the moment I arrived, I was renamed: from refugee to “migrant.” A single word erased years of interrogation, fear, betrayal. It wasn’t just a label—it was a sentence. This is…
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A Saudi Arabian dissident has been languishing in a Bulgarian detention center for over three years despite court orders for his release. Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi, an exiled pro-democracy activist, remains under threat of forced deportation to Saudi Arabia. His case has raised alarms among human rights organizations, which point to legal violations and the grave dangers he would face if returned to Saudi authorities. Al-Khalidi is a well-known Saudi activist and former member of the “Bees Army”, an online pro-democracy network associated with slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The “Bees Army” was a social media movement that countered pro-government propaganda and cyber…
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The Explosion in Iran: A Mirror of a Rotten System
According to the statics, following the explosion at Shahid Rajaei Port, 46 people have so far lost their lives, and according to the emergency services, 1,242 people have been injured. Of these, 240 have been hospitalized in Hormozgan Province hospitals, and 7 have been admitted to hospitals in Shiraz. Despite…
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From Kolbar to ‘Terrorist’: How the Islamic Regime Manufactures Enemies
Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heydaranlou was a 39-year-old Kurdish man from a small village called Segrik, near Chaldoran in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. He was a husband, a father of three children, and someone who worked hard just to survive. Like many other Kurdish men in his region, he was a kolbar…
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Mobile Surveillance and the War on Women’s Bodies in Iran
In recent years, Iran has intensified its enforcement of compulsory hijab laws through the deployment of advanced surveillance technologies. While the national implementation of these laws has faced challenges and public resistance, certain regions, notably Isfahan, have become focal points for stringent enforcement measures. Isfahan, a major city in central…
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Structural Violence in the Islamic Regime’s Labor System
Between 2021-22, 3,826 workers in Iran were killed in so-called “workplace accidents.” These deaths are not isolated tragedies or unfortunate errors of management—they are the logical outcome of a social order in which the working class is systematically denied the right to organize, to supervise, and to intervene in the…
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Banners in the Wind, Walls at the Border
In late 2006, I took part in a small gathering in Sanandaj for World Children’s Day. We held signs that said children deserve education, not war—hardly a radical demand. Most of us were under 25. Some were students, some workers, some artists. We were thinking about Afghan children without access…
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Greece: Refugees Still Face Major Barriers to a Normal Life
Even after receiving refugee status in Greece, daily life remains full of obstacles. The latest report by Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) and PRO ASYL confirms what many of us have already experienced: recognition on paper does not mean real protection or stability. As someone who has lived in Greece for…
