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@charleshb@mastodon.sdf.org @charleshb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Guerrilla History w/ Henry Hakamaki & Dr. Adnan( @adnanhusain.bsky.social )Husain "Still Minab: Iran's Martyrs and Sovereign Truth w/ Helyeh( @helyehdoutaghi.bsky.social )Doutaghi & Bikrum Gill [Adnan Husain Show]" guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/still-minab-...
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Guerrilla History: Still Minab: Iran's Martyrs and Sovereign Truth w/Helyeh Doutaghi and Bikrum Gill [Adnan Husain Show]
The following is an episode from our sister podcast, The Adnan Husain Show: Helyeh Doutaghi from Tehran and Bikrum Gill join me to discuss the haunting and powerful series "Still Minab" and its first...
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World Review of Political Economy (WRPE) @wrpe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Join, an International Manifesto group, webinar on the International Anti-Imperialist conference on current imperialism, its unrestrained aggression, its weakening & Rights of the People Party on Pakistan's imperialism bit.ly/Registebikru... @matteocapasso.bsky.social @helyehdoutaghi.bsky.social
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Christiane Wilke @christianew.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
The entire handbook is a gem. It contains a wealth of chapters that conceptualize key concepts and issues in politics and society from the perspective of the Global South. Shireen Hassim & Anna Korteweg have been amazing editors. e-elgar.com/shop/usd/handb
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Christiane Wilke @christianew.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I'm looking forward to presenting research that builds on this work at the @esil-sedi.bsky.social conference in Berlin on September 12th. @cailesil.bsky.social
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Christiane Wilke @christianew.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Other authors have sketched a variety of techniques of producing ignorance. In our case we highlight: insistence on uncertainty (as opposed to denial), rejection of external knowledges, over-valuing of own institutional knowledges, and a lack of effort to know more & better. 3/
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Christiane Wilke @christianew.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
New co-authored chapter alert! What if we think of institutional ignorance as a practice and achievement rather than a failure? Using the case of the US military's responses to civilian casualty allegations as an example, we develop suggestions for researching organized ignorance. 1/
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Christiane Wilke @christianew.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
The chapter has been marinating for a while; an early draft was presented in March 2023. @helyehdoutaghi.bsky.social and Hijaab Yahya have been ownderful co-authors. Many thanks our collaborators at @airwars.bsky.social who are doing the work of documenting civilian harm against organized ignorance.
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Millennium: Journal of International Studies @millennjournal.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
📝 Out now from Vol. 53, Issue 2 is a new article "Privileged and Other Civilians: Hierarchies of Credibility, Security, and Compensation in Afghanistan and Iraq" by @christianew.bsky.social, Helyeh Doutaghi, Hijaab Yahya, Abdul Basir Yosufi, and Leah Wilson ⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Christiane Wilke @christianew.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
In contemporary armed conflicts, not all civilians are equal. There are steep hierarchies between local and international civilians in terms of security, compensation (if they are harmed) and credibility. Our new article in @millenjournal.bsky.social shows differential treatment of civilians. 1/
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Helyeh_Doutaghi @helyehdoutaghi.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Our article is out in @millennjournal.bsky.social, co-authored w/ @christianew.bsky.social,Hijaab, Leah & Basir. Drawing on Iraq & Afghanistan, we argue when civilians r harmed by US forces, their proximity to Western institutions shapes their credibility & compensation. 1/
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
**MAY 2025 NEWSLETTER** Read (and subscribe to) our latest newsletter, incl. news on: -our annual lecture with @feministonmarx.bsky.social -solidarity with @helyehdoutaghi.bsky.social -the first ever UK legal workers' inquiry -lawyering for trade union rights And more! mailchi.mp/4ac33269886c...
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Rebecca Ruth Gould @rrgould.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Few humans would choose to lose their life or job for what is right, but much less than that would have gone a long way here. For the latest on this case and Yale's complicity, see this @dropsitenews.com interview with Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi www.dropsitenews.com/p/exclusive-...
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serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social @serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I think I may vomit. I’m in shock. One of the most prestigious legal institutions in America just suspended an International Legal Scholar, because a far right AI model analyzed her SPEECH, and deemed her a terrorist. And Yale Law School *complied* w/the AI allegations. A must read. Terrifying
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Yale Law Scholar Suspended After AI Calls Her a Terrorist
A Yale scholar has been banned from campus after an "AI-empowered" blog alleged ties to an pro-Palestine activist group.
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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Helyehs statement 1/4
March 12, 2025

Suspended for Pro-Palestine Speech: My Statement on Yale Law School's Embrace of Al-Generated Smears

My name is Helyeh Doutaghi. I am a scholar of international law and geopolitical economy.

My research engages with Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL), postcolonial critiques of law, and the global political economy of sanctions. I have specifically examined the mechanisms and consequences of economic warfare on Iran, as well as the forms of knowledge produced in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) to obscure and shield U.S. military operations from accountability. On October 1, 2023, I was appointed Deputy Director of the Law and Political Economy (LPE) Project and joined the team. I also held the position of Associate Research Scholar at Yale Law School (YLS), a non-tenured faculty role without teaching responsibilities.

On the morning of March 3rd, I was notified of an online report about me. An obscure Al-powered right-wing Zionist platform called "Jewish Onliner" published a report falsely accusing me of being a "terrorist". Rather than defend me, the Yale Law School moved within less than 24 hours of learning about the report to place me on leave.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
We are at post 9-11 levels of hysteria (with no terrorist attack) combined with 2025 surveillance and misinformation. A scholar at Yale suspended when an AI-driven article, co-authored by humans who want to remain anonymous (doxxing is bad!!) labels her a terrorist. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
Dr. Doutaghi said the actions against her are part of an attempt to silence scholars. “This is the type of thing that happens under fascist dictatorships, which Donald Trump is trying to establish,” she said in the interview.

The article about Dr. Doutaghi was published on March 2 on Jewish Onliner. On its website and on Substack, Jewish Onliner says it is “empowered by A.I. capabilities.” It does not identify any reporters on its site.

An effort to reach Jewish Onliner for comment elicited a response from “JO,” which identified itself as an A.I. assistant developed by Jewish Onliner. Later, emails from the site said that, while it uses A.I. to enhance research, fact-checking and rapid content creation, the final edits are done by humans. The identities of the news site’s staff were kept private out of concern for “professional repercussions, doxxing, etc.,” the site said.
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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
This story seems almost unbelievable. Yale Law School suspended Helyeh Doutaghi, an international law scholar, because an AI-powered news site claimed she had ties to terrorists, which she denies. How is an AI-powered site able to dictate the employment status of someone at a leading university?
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Yale Scholar Banned After A.I. News Site Accuses Her of Terrorist Link
The deputy director of a liberal project at Yale Law School was put on leave over allegations that she is linked to Samidoun, a group the U.S. government has said funds terrorists.
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Josep Goded @josepgoded.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Yale Law School has suspended Helyeh Doutaghi, the Deputy Director of the Law and Political Economy Project and an Associate Research Scholar. The decision follows a report from an AI-powered Zionist platform that targeted her for her pro-Palestine stance and activism, labeling it as “terrorism.”
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I don’t share New York Times pieces lightly but this is too wild not to share. This woman, Helyeh Doutaghi, an Iranian lawyer, was maligned by a Zionist AI run news site, and began to receive hate messages, and was suspended at a cowardly Yale that caved to the pressure. Unbelievable. Link below.
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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Solidarity with Helyeh Doutaghi who was fired by Yale Law School for speaking unequivocally for Palestinian liberation. Shame on her Yale colleagues for their silent cowardice and complicity. May you fall with the fascist institution.
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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
🚨Last week Helyeh Doutaghi, a scholar in international law, was barred from Yale and put on administrative leave: ‘The decision came three days after a news site powered by artificial intelligence, published a story calling her a member of a terrorist group.’ www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h...
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Liam McHugh-Russell @xntl.info · 13/03/2025
An important and welcome statement from leaders of the LPE Project on the turn to tyranny and the targeting of scholars who support Palestinian rights, though it is oddly ambivalent about the effective firing of Helyeh Doutaghi
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irina cerić @irinaceric.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I was expecting something stronger TBH. There's no call to reinstate Helyeh Doutaghi and the statement doesn't actually name Yale.
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Fuck this. Solidarity with Helyeh Doutaghi.
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 15/03/2025
Helyeh Doutaghi was placed on leave by Yale Law School after being falsely accused of “terrorism” over her support for Palestine. She says her case reflects the new era of Zionist McCarthyism and that this repression reveals an empire in decline.
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Suspended for Pro-Palestine Speech: My statement on Yale Law School’s embrace of AI-generated smears
Helyeh Doutaghi was placed on leave by Yale Law School after being falsely accused of “terrorism” over her support for Palestine. She says her case reflects the new era of Zionist McCarthyism and...
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I wrote about Helyeh Doutaghi, a scholar who was suspended by Yale Law School after an Israeli AI-generated news website known for spreading disinfo, claimed that she was a member of a terrorist organization.
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We're doing AI generated smear campaigns now
Yale University has suspended a law school scholar after an AI-generated news website claimed that she was a member of a terrorist organization
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ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Yale Law School has officially fored Helyeh Doutaghi because of nebulous charges generated by an AI bot “journalism” platform yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/03...
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Yale Law School terminates scholar amid terrorist link allegations, cites “refusal to cooperate”
Three weeks after first being put on administrative leave, Yale Law School is terminating Helyeh Doutaghi’s employment, citing her refusal to cooperate with the process. Allegations arose on March 2 t...
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Helyeh_Doutaghi @helyehdoutaghi.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Update: I have been terminated by Yale Law School and the LPE Project. What we are witnessing unfold in the United States is not the failure of democracy—this *is* Western liberal democracy itself.
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Jamila • جميلة Hammami 🧿 @jamilahammami.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
🚨 #StandwithHelyeh! 🚨 Yale suspended & banned Dr. Doutaghi from campus after false & racist allegations about her in an Al-generated article surfaced on an anonymous website. Now, Yale Law is targeting her for her Palestinian solidarity. ‼️ Demand Yale reinstate Dr. Doutaghi: bit.ly/ReinstateDou...
Image of Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi, followed by the text:

“CALL TO ACTION
bit.ly/ReinstateDoutaghi
Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi is an internationally recognized and published scholar of international law, political economy, and armed conflict and the Deputy Director of the Law and Political Economy Project at Yale Law School.
Based on unsubstantiated allegations, Yale has banned her from campus- a blatant attack on freedom of speech and academic freedom.”


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TO REJECT ZIONISM.
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Veronica Øverlid @veronicaoverlid.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Please sign the letter of support for @helyehdoutaghi.bsky.social who has been unfairly suspended from her position! This says a lot about the current situation not only at Yale but elsewhere in the US.
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Pierre 🐟🦑🦀🦈🐋 @pierrecloutier.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Dr. Doutaghi was unfairly suspended from her position at Yale Law School based on AI generated false accusations of belonging to a terrorist group (www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...). Please consider signing the letter in support of @helyehdoutaghi.bsky.social here: openletter.earth/statement-of...
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Statement of support for Helyeh Doutaghi
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
We are enthusiastic signatories to this letter in support of @helyehdoutaghi.bsky.social Please consider signing it too openletter.earth/statement-of...
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Statement of support for Helyeh Doutaghi
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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
A law school acts unlawfully. Think about it. How deep is the repressive post-truth rot going to go?
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Jeremy Scahill @jeremyscahill.com · 14/03/2025
EXCLUSIVE: Banned Yale Scholar Speaks Out After AI-Generated Accusations of Terror Ties Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi tells me: "This is about making sure that no one dares to challenge the narratives in corporate media & Western academia." Watch below 📺 🔽 www.dropsitenews.com/p/exclusive-...
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EXCLUSIVE: Banned Yale Scholar Speaks Out After AI-Generated Accusations of Terror Ties
Watch now (47 mins) | Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi tells Drop Site: "This is about making sure that no one dares to challenge the narratives in corporate media and Western academia."
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Yale's appalling treatment of @helyehdoutaghi.bsky.social is yet another example of US educational institutions giving in to fascism. And after Australian universities adopted a definition of antisemitism which suppresses criticism of Israel, we can except more such #ZionistMcCarthyism here too.
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I am proud to be the twelfth signature on this petition in solidarity with @helyehdoutaghi.bsky.social over her suspension from Yale Law School. Shame on Yale. If you are a researcher or faculty somewhere, please sign the open letter alongside myself. openletter.earth/statement-of...
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Statement of support for Helyeh Doutaghi
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Doris Buss @stopthebus.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Outraged to learn that Yale Law School - that would be the LAW school- is dismissing @helyehdoutaghi.bsky.social for unfounded accusations and without due process. Where are the academic leaders in the USA right now?
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
We stand in solidarity with our colleague @helyehdoutaghi.bsky.social To quote Stuart Hall, "the university is a critical institution or it is nothing".
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 13/03/2025
If they manage to survive this crisis, the elite unis are really going to struggle to convince anyone to ever work there again.
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Phil Malone @prmalone.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Fuck Yale. And great shame on them if this is accurate. Every report I've seen suggests Y had no evidence beyond the "accusations" in an extremely partisan, pro-Israel source. And even those mostly/completely refer to Doutaghi's "association" with or speaking alongside someone, not his own conduct.
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Leo Yu @profleoyu.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Still waiting for @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social ‘s statement, and I have not heard any faculty member from YLS say anything about this. This is completely disappointing and outrageous.
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Taylor Fox @taylor-fox.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
solidarity with Helyeh always ❤️
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Rebecca Ruth Gould @rrgould.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Solidarity with Helyeh Doutaghi. "The Law and Political Economy Project [...] feature[d] [Doutaghi] last year in a virtual event titled, “A Political Economy of Genocide and Imperialism.” The page describing the discussion has been scrubbed from the project website. archive.is/2025.03.12-1...
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
“This is not a display of strength; it is the last refuge of a crumbling order—an empire in decline, resorting to brute repression to stifle and crush those who expose its unraveling hegemony.”
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Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Standing in solidarity with you and condemning this absolutely unjust charade (attack) on you. I’m so sorry it’s happening, and during Ramadan. Yale should be deeply ashamed.
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Helyeh_Doutaghi @helyehdoutaghi.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Suspended for Pro-Palestine Speech: My Statement on Yale Law School’s Embrace of AI-Generated Smears 1/3
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