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AJ is a unique digital news and storytelling project promoting human rights and equality, holding power to account, and amplifying the voices of the powerless.

Joined February 2010
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Americans who signed up to donate their bodies to science after death are now backing out after learning they could end up on an operating table in front of Israeli military surgeons. @dena explains.
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Thousands are marching across Argentina after the killing of 14-year-old Agostina Vega. In Argentina, a femicide occurs every 35 hours on average. But the government has slashed funding to gender violence prevention programs.
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I became a fan of football just in time to watch Trump ruin it. The 2026 FIFA World Cup has record-high ticket prices, travel bans and the threat of deportation. Is this Trump’s strategy to win by default? youtu.be/T0vQQOAEdFk
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This is the journey of a Sudanese mother who was forced to flee el-Fasher on foot under RSF attacks, and still searching for her son. Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines new documentary interviews survivors to investigate the lead-up to the RSF’s massacres and disappearances in el-Fasher.
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Only some nations taking part in the World Cup are being targeted with extra security and visa denials for their fans – can you guess what they have in common?
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While World Cup teams arriving in the U.S. have faced controversial searches, hourslong detentions and visa restrictions … Mexico is being praised for its hospitality and warm atmosphere.
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North Korea arrived at the 1966 World Cup while Britain and its allies were still technically at war with it. FIFA insisted the team be treated fairly. @annakook looks at how that compares to Iran's situation today.
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The World Cup song is a recession indicator because what do you mean a Burna Boy track ISN’T a banger? 😭
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“Football is about community, and our community stands against genocide.” Kneecap (@kneecapceol) and their manager spoke to AJ about why Ireland-Israel games should be canceled.
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“The first thing anyone noticed in Theodosia was her smile. We’d always see her laughing.” This Lebanese student was killed by Israel just after finishing her final exams. Theodosia Karam is one of over 3,500 people killed by Israel’s attacks on Lebanon since March.
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Jun 13
You know what they say: if you can’t beat them … ban them?
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In early June, a video circulated online of masked gunmen breaking into the home of a Mexican journalist in the state of Veracruz. She has been missing ever since. Over 170 journalists have been killed in Mexico since 2000.
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This Somali referee was supposed to make history at the World Cup, but the U.S. blocked him from entering. But at home, Omar Artan received a hero’s welcome.
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Jun 13
Anti-immigrant rioters are reportedly setting up checkpoints in Northern Ireland searching for foreign nationals and setting fire to immigrant migrants’ homes after a brutal stabbing. “What you're seeing is a race-based pogrom,” said a politician in Belfast.
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“The occupiers want the land without its people.” The Palestinian village of Taybeh is one of the oldest Christian communities in the world. Israeli settlers set it on fire.
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Jun 12
From Iran to Venezuela, we break down the real reason America kills over oil.
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Jun 12
Why are African football fans backing Mexico over South Africa at the World Cup? It’s about more than football.
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Nationwide protests in Tirana, Albania dubbed the “Flamingo Revolution,” have erupted over a planned luxury resort by a company linked to President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Environmentalists say the project threatens wildlife and thousands of flamingos.
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“We aren't a political uprising. We are human beings, just like every one of you.” Families of missing persons in Mexico protested outside Estadio Azteca on the eve of the World Cup. There are more than 134,000 registered missing people in Mexico.
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This Arsenal employee was fired for speaking out against Israel's genocide in Gaza – after 22 years with the club. “It was a pile-on, a calculated and choreographed attack on me. All over me speaking out against apartheid, genocide, illegal occupation, oppression."
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