Virginia therapist Majd Kamalmaz disappeared in 2017 while in Syria to visit an elderly relative. He was among many wrongly detained Americans, including journalist #FreeAustinTice, whose parents have been fighting for since his 2012 disappearance in Syria cbsnews.com/news/american-…

If you ever need a roll model of what a kind, good-hearted, values-based American family is supposed to be, look at the Kamalmaz family Maryam KamAlmaz. Majd used his medical training to help victims of the war in Syria. It cost him his life. His family, who I got to know and love,

One of my favorite places in DC to take visitors.

They’ve killed him.

They must be held accountable.

The #Syrian gov kidnapped, disappeared & murdered my father in their notorious prisons w/o even charging him with a crime or a trial. Justice must be served. My father was a man of peace, love, an award winning psychotherapist

Horrible news.

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s intelligence services have unchecked power.
Western officials and analysts tasked with countering them often mistake that for skill.
Survivors of its abuses like Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert will tell you their core trait is ineptitude.
theatlantic.com/international/…

If you're in London, please come along to Anoosheh Ashoori's exhibition SURVIVING EVIN PRISON, a collab with Amnesty UK
May 29, Hoxton Arches in Shoreditch
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Please read about Majd Kamalmaz. Heartbroken for this wonderful family. Met them recently at House Foreign Affairs hearing where they testified. Thanks to Jonathan Franks and Bring Our Families Home Campaign for supporting their case.

Read Kian Tajbakhsh expertly explain the fascism that rules Iran and why his concerns that something similar might be headed our way are justified. Alarming without being alarmist. newrepublic.com/article/181279…

My heart is broken for this good family. They should never have suffered this tragic fate and now they must be provided with all the available resources to determine what happened to Majd Kamalmaz and seek justice.

🎧 New Small Talk!
George Schinas (George Schinas) discusses with Jason Rezaian (@jrezaian) about the challenging days of his detention, avocados in Iran, and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

The Small Talk is available at podcast.imedd.org/en/channel/sma…

'I went through what I call the honeymoon stage when I first got back. I was like, oh, I’m home and everything’s good,' @BrittneyGriner tells Jason Rezaian.

'But I realized it wasn’t. I hit the wall.' wapo.st/4dwopr0

April 26th Open Letter by 15 former Iran hostages urging ⁦SwedishPM⁩ to do more to aid #AmadrezaDjalali & other Swedish hostages in Iran released in Swedish. No answer has been received so far ⁦Siamak Namazi⁩ ⁦Jason Rezaian⁩ ⁦Freedom for Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali blankspot.se/fore-detta-gis…

Authoritarian regimes exert control outside their borders.
At a recent #HopkinsBloombergCenter event - journalists and diplomats, including @WashingtonPost journalist Jason Rezaian & British Embassy Washington ambassador Dame Karen Pierce, discussed what can be done to stop this: bit.ly/3UYx8eo

🧵 A hostage’s story is never over when they return — it’s often just beginning, Jason Rezaian says.

@JRezaian would know. He spent 544 days unjustly imprisoned by Iranian authorities until his release in 2016.

He recently interviewed
@BrittneyGriner. wapo.st/3V2dmPe

Jason Rezaian recently joined Columbia | SIPA to discuss the challenge of hostage diplomacy and the need to recalibrate U.S. policy to deter hostage taking and wrongful detention by hostile states. Watch the full event here: buff.ly/4agMYW8

On this Mother’s Day, #Alsu ’s daughters can’t hug her or talk to her. Alsu has been in Russian detention for nearly seven months on charges of not declaring herself a “foreign agent” as an American journalist. The Russian government separated Alsu from her kids when it first

'A hostage’s story is never over when they return — it’s often just beginning.'

Our columnist @JRezaian, who spent 544 days unjustly imprisoned in Iran, interviews @BrittneyGriner about how she is navigating her new reality: wapo.st/4bcEBMm

If printing the truth is a crime, pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai is a guilty man.

At least, that’s the way the CCP sees it. Jailed for 3.5 years, Jimmy Lai now enters month 4 of a repeatedly delayed trial.

By the time you scroll past this post, free speech advocate Jimmy Lai will have spent 3.5 years inside a Hong Kong prison. We're trying to make sure he doesn’t spend the rest of his life there — and you can help.