Rights group call for release of Kosovan activist jailed after US criticism
Ahmed Kaballo
Press TV, London
A court in Kosovo has ordered a Muslim woman to be remanded in custody pending trial over a social media post criticizing the US assassination of Iran’s prominent anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.
For protesters in London the detention of the academic, Ikballe Berisha is part of a wider attack on freedom of speech that has also seen Press TV Uk Youtube account shut down as well as social media accounts deleted by Instagram and its parent company Facebook for posting tributes to Soleimani all in the name of allegedly complying with US sanctions on Iran.
Massoud Shadjareh the chair of the Islamic Human Rights Commission wrote a letter to the Kosovo ambassador in London, expressing his deep concern over the unlawful arrest, detention and mistreatment of Ikballe Berisha Huduti over a social media post.
Kosovo is seen politically as one of the most pro-American countries in the world and its capital, Pristina, there are boulevards named after US presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
It's staunchly pro-American leadership has also backed the controversial assassination ordered by President Donald Trump.
And for many it came as no surprise that it has detained for over a month an Muslim academic, mother of three for simply posting a social media post.
There is a worry that we are living in unprecedented times where censorship of journalists, academics, media outlets and even ordinary members of the public are intensifying by the day.
In this climate of fear, some are concerned that perhaps one of the biggest victims of US sanctions is the alternative point of view.
Leader meets workers on Labor Week
US continues starving Syrians, stealing their resources
Iran marks defeat of US military operation in Tabas Desert
US to pull out troops from Chad in second African state withdrawal
Yemeni armed forces strike British oil tanker in Red Sea
VIDEO | Genocide in Gaza
VIDEO | Press TV's news headlines
VIDEO | American, Israeli rabbis call for ceasefire during protest near Gaza
Iran calls for enhanced defense cooperation with Russia
US campus crackdown: 500 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested
VIDEO | Yemenis rally in Sana'a in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website
