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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert

@kmooregilbert.bsky.social
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Excited to announced that Macquarie and the Raoul Wallenbery Centre for Human Rights are co-hosting a virtual panel event 'Understanding and Responding to State Hostage-Taking' @jpict.bsky.social Thursday, 18 June 9:30am AEST / Wednesday, 17 June 7:30pm EST events.humanitix.com/understandin...
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Understanding and responding to state hostage-taking: Harnessing civil society and NGO perspectives — An Online Panel Discussion
Join us for a collaborative panel to launch this special issue of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Please join me and my academic colleagues for this special @westernsydneyu.bsky.social webinar 'Protest, Atrocity Crimes and the Future of Iran' Wednesday 4th Feb from 12-1.30pm AEDT Register here: uws.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
If Australia wants to avoid American-style radicalisation and political violence, and save our tradition of political moderation, we'll need to reign in Big Tech.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Here I argue that the traditional left-right divide has been usurped by the politics of the chronically online vs. those of us who continue to primarily exist in, and interpret politics though, the offline world.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
My monthly op-ed in today's Age / SMH www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
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Left or right, the real source of extremism is right in front of our faces
America’s epidemic of radicalisation and political violence should be a wake-up call for Australia to address the disastrous impact of the growing online-offline divide.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Appeared on this morning's edition of the @7ampodcast to discuss why the IRGC is interested in Australia, how it operates here and what listing it as a terror organisation might actually achieve 7ampodcast.com.au/episodes/kyl...
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert on what Iran’s Revolutionary Guard thinks of Australia
Australia acted against Iran after ASIO found Tehran orchestrated two antisemitic arson attacks on Australian soil – expelling Iran’s ambassador and moving to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp...
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
I had a lot of fun preparing for and recording this podcast. Guests have to choose one film, book, song, object and place to spark discussion. Have a listen! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/1...
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#187 Kylie Moore-Gilbert
Podcast Episode · Five of My Life · 01/09/2025 · 50m
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
My interview with @abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social PM program on Australia's decision to kick out the Iranian ambassador and, finally, to proscribe the IRGC as a terror organisation www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Moore-Gilbert not surprised by Iranian involvement - ABC listen
In 2018, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps wrongly accused academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert of espionage and she spent 804 days in jail in Iran.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
My op-ed in tomorrow's @theageaustralia.bsky.social on revelations that the IRGC were behind a series of antisemitic attacks in Australia, including the firebombing of Melbourne's Adass Israel synagogue www.theage.com.au/national/whe...
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When I was jailed in Iran, the interrogator showed me a list of Australian sites and began asking questions
Typed on the piece of paper were the addresses of synagogues and Jewish organisations in Melbourne. He wanted to know if I’d visited any of them, and if so, what was inside.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Here it is: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Evaluating Australia’s consular management of cases of wrongful and arbitrary detention
When an Australian citizen is wrongfully or arbitrarily detained abroad the response they should expect from their government at a consular, political and diplomatic level is often unclear. Efforts...
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
2/ My article is titled 'Evaluating Australia’s consular management of cases of wrongful and arbitrary detention' and is published by the Australian Journal of Political Science @auspsa.bsky.social @tandfonline.bsky.social It's open access, which means anyone can download it. Feedback welcome!
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
1/ For the first time since my academic career was effectively destroyed by my wrongful arrest in Iran in 2018, I have published a peer-reviewed journal article. Still not sure whether academia is where I'm meant to be, but I'm pleased to have finally got a tentative first step back on the ladder.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Panel event: Monday 11 August Macquarie University, Sydney Join myself, Sean Turnell & HRW's Daniela Gavshon as we discuss the geopolitical, legal and human rights implications of wrongful detention. Tickets: events.humanitix.com/the-price-of...
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The Price of Citizenship
Register on Humanitix - The Price of Citizenship hosted by School of International Studies. 25C Wally's Walk C122 Function Room, 25 Wally's Walk, Macquarie Park NSW 2109, Australia. Monday 11th August...
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Scott Hamilton @sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
#Podcast Outstanding interview @mattbevan.bsky.social with Dr Kylie Moore Gilbert #IFYoureListening #Iran www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert on the bombing of Iran’s Evin prison - ABC listen
Israel recently bombed Iran’s notorious Evin prison, a place that Dr Kylie Moore Gilbert came to know all too well. The political scientist and author was imprisoned in Iran for 804 days and eventuall...
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
My interview a couple of days ago with ABC's The Business on the implications of the Iranian strike on Qatar for relations with the Gulf, and the crackdown that is now underway of the Iranian regime against its own people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu4l...
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert says Iranians fear they're about to pay the price from the regime | The Business
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
My piece for The Age / SMH on the targeting of Evin prison, the fate of the prisoners inside and why Evin as a symbol cannot be erased by bombs alone. www.theage.com.au/world/middle...
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Yesterday, bombs fell on the prison where I was jailed. It may be a metaphor for the Iranian people’s fate
The destruction of the gates of Evin prison, where I was incarcerated, risks becoming a metaphor for the fate of the Iranian people more broadly, once the missiles stop falling.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
My op-ed for @crikey.com.au There is great danger that now the bombs will stop falling, the regime will turn its attention to recriminations and rounding up innocent civilians to charge with bogus security crimes in order to demonstrate that its domestic coercive power has not weakened.
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https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/23/us-iran-strike-civilians-future-regime-change/
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
"As always, the Iranian people will likely pay the greatest price for this war. It remains to be seen whether their self-appointed champions in Tel Aviv and Washington will still be there when it matters," @kmooregilbert.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/23/u...
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What happens to Iran when the bombs stop falling?
Civilians inside Iran express grave fears that its government will severely punish them when no longer preoccupied by external enemies.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
My op-ed in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald about why regime change can only be delivered by the Iranian people themselves www.theage.com.au/world/middle...
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Iranians support Israel assassinating their oppressors – at least for now
Regime change, if that is indeed Israel’s goal, cannot be imposed from outside. It must come from within, and Israel risks alienating the very constituency it needs to get the job done.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
My op-ed in today's Financial Review on why it may be a better strategic option to allow Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to remain in place afr.com/world/middle...
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Why Iran’s supreme leader hasn’t been assassinated (yet)
Regardless of Trump’s involvement or otherwise, it appears that the Israeli decision to hold off on targeting Iran’s Supreme Leader was ultimately a wise one, writes Kylie Moore-Gilbert.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
On the death of the head of IRGC-Intelligence and the fate of Iranian prisoners
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
My thoughts on why Khamenei wasn't targeted for assassination
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Who cares whether Scomo received an honour for doing his job, my 100 year old grandmother has been made OAM for her decades of volunteer and community service work, including up to the present day. I'm so proud of her!
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Robert's ordeal is by no means over, but this is a welcome first step.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
So pleased to hear that Australian engineer Robert Pether has been released from prison in Iraq. Robert is currently on bail, can't leave the country and faces the prospect of going back to court for further proceedings, which could carry more jail time.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
"Iraqi and Lebanese officials told AP the talks recently stalled over Iran’s demand for the release of one of its citizens detained in Iraq for the killing of an American." apnews.com/article/isra...
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Why a Princeton graduate student kidnapped in Iraq still isn’t free 800 days later
With the world’s attention fixed on efforts to free Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, talks are quietly continuing to liberate a Princeton scholar and Israeli hostage held in Iraq by a different...
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
4. Jenkins has no worth to Putin rotting away in a max security prison. I would expect Russia to leverage him for some kind of concession in the future.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
3. The Russians take a transactional approach in these deals, and are prepared to negotiate with far more significant adversaries than Australia (and let's be honest, they don't give a damn about Australia) in order to get what they want.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
2. It neglects to mention that Australia has recently arrested 2 Russian spies who could presumably be offered in exchange for Jenkins. The Kremlin has in the past shown its appetite for conducting such swaps when spies, assassins and others sent abroad to do its dirty work have been apprehended.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
1. While this @LowyInstitute piece makes a number of good points, I disagree with its overall pessimism about the prospects for a prisoner swap with Russia. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
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Sadly, Russia’s mercenary verdict means Oscar Jenkins won't be coming home anytime soon
The Australian fighter's 13-year sentence in occupied Ukraine eliminates prisoner exchange hopes and leaves Canberra few options under law.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
"Death sentences in Iran, especially on charges such as espionage, are issued and carried out without any due process. These executions are extrajudicial killings that the international community should not remain indifferent to.” t.co/Hp3cbw7vtd
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https://iranhr.net/en/articles/7598/
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Reports that an unprecedented Iran-Iraq-Israel prisoner swap, featuring Princeton researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov is imminent t.co/B4ZCnVRRPf
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https://amwaj.media/en/article/exclusive-iran-iraq-israel-prisoner-swap-set-for-implementation
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Please sign this petition to help bring detained British-Australian businessman Mo Munshi home from Mongolia www.change.org/p/help-bring...
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Sign the Petition
Help Bring Our Father Home- His Life Depends On It!
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Alison Battisson @alisonbattisson.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Mo Munshi is stuck in Mongolia due to a travel ban. His health is deteriorating - he will die unless the ban is lifted & he can come home. chng.it/Zj4gBHPdvc
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Sign the Petition
Help Bring Our Father Home- His Life Depends On It!
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
They have lost everything, yet they still need to pay their own way to get to Australia. Any donation, no matter how small, would be greatly appreciated. Kheyli mumnoon! gofund.me/a6929213
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Donate to Help bring the Mansouri family to Australia, organized by Kylie Moore-Gilbert
Maryam, Mansoor, Maral and Mahyar are an Iranian refugee family of fou… Kylie Moore-Gilbert needs your support for Help bring the Mansouri family to Australia
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The Mansouri family are environmental and animal rights activists and political dissidents. They have already done time, lost their assets and livelihoods, and paid an enormous personal price for their opposition to Iran's depraved and barbaric regime.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
This is just in the nick of time, as they have received deportation orders in Turkey, which wants to send them back into the arms of the IRGC which has already sentenced them to prison and has opened another court case in absentia.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Finally, with the assistance of some wonderful MPs and Iranian community members, we have pulled off the impossible and obtained refugee visas for this family.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I have been struggling to get Australian refugee visas for my former cellmate Maryam Alishahi and her family for more than 3 years now, knocking on all doors and pulling on all strings in a system which is profoundly stacked against any offshore humanitarian visa applicant, no matter how worthy.
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Donate to Help bring the Mansouri family to Australia, organized by Kylie Moore-Gilbert
Maryam, Mansoor, Maral and Mahyar are an Iranian refugee family of fou… Kylie Moore-Gilbert needs your support for Help bring the Mansouri family to Australia
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Please consider making a donation to a very worthy cause, one in which 100% of the funds will go directly to those in need: gofund.me/a6929213
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Donate to Help bring the Mansouri family to Australia, organized by Kylie Moore-Gilbert
Maryam, Mansoor, Maral and Mahyar are an Iranian refugee family of fou… Kylie Moore-Gilbert needs your support for Help bring the Mansouri family to Australia
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Elika Ashoori @elikaashoori.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
My dad #AnooshehAshoori running his 4th consecutive #LondonmMarathon after his release,at the age of 71,alongside #SimonShercliff ,former British ambassador to #Iran,to raise money for #HostageInternational ,who played & still play a key role in raising awareness on hostage diplomacy. *Link in Bio*
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Utterly wild story, thoroughly researched, showing that someone, with possiblelinks to the regime, tried to assassinate the Australian ambassador to Iran during my time in prison there www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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An Australian diplomat was the target of an assassination plot, leaked documents reveal
According to documents seen by SBS News, the Australian embassy in Iran was attacked in 2019. SBS News can reveal for the first time the alleged perpetrator was arrested and jailed for 17 months befor...
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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
👇ICYMI We have just issued CFP for a new special issue: Rethinking Responses to Hostage Diplomacy: A collaborative approach to policy, strategy and practice, guest edited by @kmooregilbert.bsky.social More info think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
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Rethinking Responses to Hostage Diplomacy: A collaborative approach to policy, strategy and practice
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
2/ While scholarly research papers are of course solicited for peer-review, I'm also interested in attracting non-traditional submissions including practitioner reflections, notes from the field, commentary on legal developments etc. Call for papers due 30th June @jpict.bsky.social
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
1/ Academic folks: Special issue alert! I am co-editing an issue of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism that aims to explore how policy makers, practitioners and others can better respond to hostage diplomacy. think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
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Rethinking Responses to Hostage Diplomacy: A collaborative approach to policy, strategy and practice
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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
🚨 We are delighted to announce a CFP for a new special issue: Rethinking Responses to Hostage Diplomacy: A collaborative approach to policy, strategy and practice. Guest edited by @kmooregilbert.bsky.social and Matt Trevithick. More info: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Image of the website with more detail on the call for papers.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Article in the Australian on the discrepancy in rehabilitation support offered to the surviving 'Bali 9' as opposed to wrongfully detained Australians, some of whom quietly re-enter the country after years of unjust imprisonment with no support at all. www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/bali-...
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
The Islamic Republic, smarting from the loss of its mass-murdering client Assad and its beloved terrorist proxies, are trying to intimidate and silence all internal opposition to the regime.
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
It is utterly shocking and outrageous that Reza Khandan, Nasrin Sotoudeh's husband and a fellow activist, has been arrested. Reza is extraordinarily brave, principled, and will certainly play a role in any future democratic Iran. He must be released NOW
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @kmooregilbert.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
رضا فوق العاده شجاع، اصولگرا است و مطمئناً در هر ایران دموکراتیک آینده ایفای نقش خواهد کرد. او اکنون باید آزاد شود
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