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Arash Ghiassi

@arashghiassi.bsky.social
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Criminal defence lawyer. he/him

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 01/10/2025
Opinion: Carney’s so-called Combatting Hate Act is an attack on pro-Palestine expression www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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Carney’s so-called Combatting Hate Act is an attack on pro-Palestine expression
Pro-Palestine protesters routinely face specious allegations of hate that conflate criticism of Israel with antisemitism.
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Arash Ghiassi @arashghiassi.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
🔓Unlocked for 24 hours: Carney’s so-called Combatting Hate Act is an attack on pro-Palestine expression The latest from Riaz Sayani and me in @hilltimes.com www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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Carney’s so-called Combatting Hate Act is an attack on pro-Palestine expression
Pro-Palestine protesters routinely face specious allegations of hate that conflate criticism of Israel with antisemitism.
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Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · 09/09/2025
Yesterday, an indictment in the Middle District of Alabama of Lambda Legal Counsel Carl Charles was made public. Read our statement ➡️ tinyurl.com/yvz854my “This unjustified federal indictment is an outrageous act of governmental overreach. We stand behind Carl and all of our attorneys."
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daanis @daanis.ca · 05/05/2025
Canada's speech from the throne is normally delivered by the Governor General, and right now the GG is Mary Simon. An Inuk woman. So Carney's choice here to reach past an Inuk woman to invite the leader of a decaying monarchy is an interesting, and very backwards looking, choice.
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 23/04/2025
Tired of the usual tepid election punditry? We're back with another night of live election coverage, hosted by @desmondcole.bsky.social and Donya Ziaee. Featuring: @pampalmater.com, @ricardotranjan.bsky.social, @nolore.bsky.social @parismarx.com &more! RSVP: breachmedia.ca/election-202...
Small icons with headshots from the participants of the Election 2025 LIVE night.
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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Name one ONE mass murder who has been released on parole. This is just one of a dozen reasons why this is nothing but a dangerous, cynical, and plain dumb policy.
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 11/04/2025
As pro-Palestinian organizers face arrests and deportations in the U.S., some Canadian lawyers are taking notes. Shiri Pasternak, Jillian Rogin & Joshua Sealy-Harrington write about the new push for 'lawfare' to stifle criticism of Israel in Canada. breachmedia.ca/palestine-so...
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Canadian lawyers borrow from U.S. playbook to quash Palestine solidarity ⋆ The Breach
In a new push for ‘lawfare’, pro-Israel groups are weaponizing the courts to silence criticism of Israel
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Arash Ghiassi @arashghiassi.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
As I told the Toronto Star, "Today completed the Indigo 11's total vindication, as its final two members received conditional discharges." "This means the state could not secure a single conviction - www.thestar.com/news/gta/las...
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Last of Indigo 11 receive conditional discharges with probation for 12 months
The charges were laid in the immediate aftermath of rising tensions in the GTA following an attack by Hamas on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 06/04/2025
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Lawyers for Canadian hacker say charges over alleged cyberattack on Texas Republican Party are ‘peculiar’ four years after police investigated
The resident of Oshawa, Ont., faces criminal charges in Canada and the United States
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Arash Ghiassi @arashghiassi.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Dropped charges, police overreach: How the ‘Indigo 11’ case fell apart Thanks to Ashleigh Stewart for reporting and @bbryder.bsky.social for commentary. globalnews.ca/news/1110306...
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Dropped charges, police overreach: How the ‘Indigo 11’ case fell apart | Globalnews.ca
A large-scale investigation into the Indigo bookstore vandalism, involving more than 70 police officers and 10 nighttime raids, is unlikely to achieve a single criminal conviction.
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Arash Ghiassi @arashghiassi.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Charges dropped against members of pro-Palestinian group ‘Indigo 11’ toronto.citynews.ca/2025/03/27/c...
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Charges dropped against members of pro-Palestinian group 'Indigo 11'
Charges have been withdrawn against three more people accused of defacing a downtown Indigo bookstore in a 2023 protest.
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Ian Liujia Tian @ianliujiatian.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
To those who say his kid is a “public figure”. Lets be clear, a public figure is a person who has achieved fame, prominence, or notoriety, often through their actions or involvement in public affairs. His kid is not a public figure. They have nothing to do with their dad. The Con’s tactic is so low
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
"Mahmoud has protected Jewish students at Columbia like myself more than the university ever has[, even] from the university itself. To punish him under the pretense that this kind, brave, gentle person somehow endangered us is the most egregious lie I’ve ever heard."
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Meghan @gingerwombat.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Look up at the moon right now if you’re in North America! Lunar eclipse! Blood moon!
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
On March 8, DHS agents abducted Mahmoud Khalil, a US permanent resident & student activist for Palestinian rights, from his New York apartment. Mahmoud was targeted for his political speech & activism in support of Palestinian freedom and for an end to the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
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Arash Ghiassi @arashghiassi.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Beware of icy sidewalks today!!
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BC Civil Liberties Association @bccla.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
A BC court ruling has exposed “grossly offensive, racist & dehumanizing” RCMP remarks about Indigenous women during arrests tied to Wet’suwet’en land defense. www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
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Judge finds RCMP breached charter rights during arrests at Wet'suwet'en pipeline blockade | CBC News
A B.C. judge says police breached the charter rights of three people arrested for blocking work on the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline, and they will receive a reduction in their sentences because of t...
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Arash Ghiassi @arashghiassi.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
"Do we really suppose that Canadian workers have more in common with Canadian plutocrats such as Galen Weston than with an American or Mexican worker? Whatever the outcome of this moment’s trade dispute, wealth in North America will still be controlled by capital,"
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Blueprints of Disruption Podcast @blueprints.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Political interference & anti-Palestinian racism set the tone of Police & prosecutors. BUT our communities are learning how to navigate it all so our comrades can remain free to fight another day. Shared knowledge via @arashghiassi.bsky.social and Nora Fathalipour ✊ pod.fo/e/2ab631
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Blueprints of Disruption: Process as Punishment: Prosecution of Protest
Movement lawyers Nora Fathalipour and Arash Ghiassi have their hands full defending activists targeted by Police and prosecutors, particularly in Ontario where a Hate Crimes Working Group in the At...
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Critical Criminology @critcrim.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
“Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” — Benito Mussolini
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Arash Ghiassi @arashghiassi.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Looking at the photos from the inauguration - it has never been more obvious that the state is simply the executive committee of capitalism. It’s all CEOs in the room lunching with all three branches of government.
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Arash Ghiassi @arashghiassi.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
I closed off 2024 with Disobedience, @joy-and-defiance.bsky.social’s amazing work of speculative fiction. Provocative, imaginative, and a joy to read, it’s a book I’d highly recommend to anyone looking to think deeply about justice, collective liberation, and defiance!
Cover of the novel Disobedience, by Daniel Sarah Karasik
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 13/12/2024
Mississauga Mayor @carolynparrish.bsky.social made waves after stepping down from her local police board and criticizing the police’s spiralling budget. @desmondcole.bsky.social sat down with her to discuss her resignation, and the alternatives to policing. Full interview:
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‘Out of control’: Mississauga mayor criticizes local police budget ⋆ The Breach
Mayor Carolyn Parrish explains why she resigned from her city’s police board
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Arash Ghiassi @arashghiassi.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Happy holidays everyone! Children and families in Gaza are in urgent need of life-saving support. Please join me and donate to help provide humanitarian aid to Gaza @unicef.ca secure.unicef.ca/page/137694/...
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UNICEF’s humanitarian response to the Gaza crisis | UNICEF Canada
Children and families in Gaza are in urgent need of life-saving support. Donate now to help provide humanitarian aid to Gaza.
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