Farajalah’s mother had recently died in Gaza, but he had been denied permission to leave the detention facility to mourn her.

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Prominent Palestinian Protester in Brussels Dies in Custody

Mahmoud Farajalah took his life after months in immigration detention, as human rights groups’ condemned the crackdown on Brussels protests.

Generational experience has taught us what happens when the state builds a weapon for someone else: Sooner or later, it finds a way back to us.

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Black People Knew This Would Happen

Generational experience has taught us what happens when the state builds a weapon for someone else: Sooner or later, it finds a way back to us.