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AJ+ is a unique digital news and storytelling project promoting human rights and equality, holding power to account, and amplifying the voices of the powerless.

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This Palestinian girl is returning to her destroyed home for the first time after her family was displaced by Israeli bombardment.
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Bisan Owda joins residents on their journey back to Rafah, where they discover the city is unrecognizable – its buildings and homes reduced to rubble.
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This woman in Lebanon stood up to an Israeli tank blocking her way home. Israel missed a deadline to withdraw from southern Lebanon and has killed over 26 people since then.
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With a ceasefire in Gaza, Israel is rapidly stepping up violence in the occupied West Bank. In Jenin alone, Israel’s raids have destroyed over 100 homes and buildings and forcibly displaced over 15,000 Palestinians since January 21.
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Rebels have claimed control of Goma in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, forcing thousands to flee the city.
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Despite enduring displacement, starvation and freezing cold, Palestinians in Gaza continued to take care of their cats. And now they’re going home together.
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Repeatedly beaten. No access to a lawyer or family. Lack of medical care. This is how Palestinian detainees are being treated by Israel.
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“Deporting pro-Palestinian students won't crush the movement – it'll strengthen it.” . Palestinian American lawyer Lara Elborno spoke out on Pres. Trump’s plans to deport protesters.
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Many Palestinian families are reuniting for the first time in over a year as tens of thousands make their way back to northern Gaza.
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This dome in the Pacific is leaking radioactive waste.
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Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are returning on foot back to their homes after the Israeli military forcibly displaced them from the north of the Strip.
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The U.S. mercilessly bombed these Pacific islands, and then just left.
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“You cannot rest until the men responsible for heinous crimes are behind bars.” . Here are 4 ways @FranceskAlbs says the world can start holding Israel accountable right now.
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Hundreds of protesters attacked embassies in Kinshasa, chanting, “Thieves get out!” They are accusing countries like the U.S., France and Belgium of taking advantage of the instability in D.R. Congo to secure access to minerals needed for smart phones and other technology.
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The U.S. tricked some Marshallese into leaving their islands forever. Then it dropped 67 nuclear bombs on their homeland.
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“There cannot be coexistence if one side does not have existence.” . In their newly Oscar-nominated film, "No Other Land," a coalition of Palestinian and Israel directors document Israel’s decadeslong effort to expel Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank.
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After almost 50 years, Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier will finally be released from prison. AJ+ spoke to Peltier’s granddaughter on why the battle for justice is still far from over.
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This group of Syrian fact-checkers, @VeSyriaE, are protecting their country from disinformation and fake news.
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“Now, there are persecutions everywhere.” . In one week, U.S. President Donald Trump altered the lives of hundreds of thousands of migrants and seeking deportation for people who legally entered the U.S.
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With a ceasefire in Gaza, Israel is rapidly stepping up violence in the occupied West Bank. In Jenin alone, Israel’s raids have destroyed over 100 homes and buildings and forcibly displaced over 15,000 Palestinians since January 21.
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