Research Director at CAGE International. Author of Rules of the Game: Detention Deportation Disappearance (2009), A Virtue of Disobedience (2019), When Only God Can See: The Faith Muslim Political Prisoners (2024); and editor of I Refuse to Condemn (2020).https://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.social/post/3loysasmo7k2yTo understand Zionism at its core, the team at Riverway Law representing Hamas, wanted to ensure that adequate material was made available to the Home Secretary in understanding settler colonialism - the root of Zionist presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.12 May 2025 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:dio356akn3ivc2xp3apledpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3loysasmo7k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.social/post/3log2kqtuvs2o🧵 In preparation for the Riverway Law application to the UK Home Secretary to have Hamas removed as banned terrorist organisation, I worked with the lawyers to gather experts who provided the evidence base that would form the factual backbone of our legal submissions05 May 2025 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:dio356akn3ivc2xp3apledpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3log2kqtuvs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.social/post/3lodhognhbc2mI write for Ceasefire on my expert reports for the Riverway Law application to have Hamas removed from the list of proscribed terrorist organisations. Palestinians have a natural law right to resist their dispossession - and we must support that right. https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/comment-dispossession-resistance-is-a-natural-law-right-of-the-palestinian-people/04 May 2025 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:dio356akn3ivc2xp3apledpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lodhognhbc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.social/post/3ljibch2fik2xAfter 13 years of working slowly on this, I finally publish this report on the Islamic duty towards Muslim political prisoners/captives this Ramadan for CAGE International. Sincere thanks to Shaykh Yusuf Shabbir for his comments to improve the argument. A 🧵 t.co/qpf5PgTCZp https://t.co/qpf5PgTCZp03 Mar 2025 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:dio356akn3ivc2xp3apledpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljibch2fik2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.social/post/3lhq7ayxhis2kEnjoyed this translation of Wisam Rafeedie’s The Trinity of Fundamentals, a fictionalised account of his time in the Zionist occupation prisons. Yeah get a real understanding of how, even in the act of hiding, resistance movements maintain their dignity.09 Feb 2025 08:23 +0000at://did:plc:dio356akn3ivc2xp3apledpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhq7ayxhis2khttps://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.social/post/3lhlthhuxkc2o“What happens to us in the future? Do we become assholes or something?” I thought of this line from Back to the Future when considering the renewed policy of sending migrants to Guantanamo. It's nothing new, rather it’s central to the architecture of US violence https://www.newarab.com/opinion/trump-sending-migrants-guantanamo-isnt-new07 Feb 2025 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:dio356akn3ivc2xp3apledpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhlthhuxkc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.social/post/3lfmi3gupqk23I can't believe that 5 years after publishing our book 'I Refuse to Condemn' and ten years since the anniversary of this interview, we are still being asked to condemn in order to prove that we are human beings.13 Jan 2025 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:dio356akn3ivc2xp3apledpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfmi3gupqk23https://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.social/post/3lfdbwi5ukk2aI wrote for @thenewarab.bsky.social on the purgatory of enforced disappearances from the secret prisons of Pakistan and the US to those in Syria. Of the continued search of Amina Janjua and Wafa Ali Mustafa, as they seek any details/accountability of their loved ones. https://www.newarab.com/opinion/pakistan-syria-purgatory-enforced-disappearances09 Jan 2025 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:dio356akn3ivc2xp3apledpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfdbwi5ukk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.social/post/3ld44apnzuc2mThinking of my friend Dr Abbas Khan this morning. A wonderful man who was martyred by Assad's forces in the course of trying to use his medical skills to aid the Syrians. Allah yarhamahu, ameen.12 Dec 2024 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:dio356akn3ivc2xp3apledpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld44apnzuc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.social/post/3lcscqf4qps27Syria liberated from Assad’s brutal regime, spanning more than 5 decades, after nearly 14 years of resistance. Victory is a testament to the sacrifices of the Syrian people, enduring unimaginable hardship while maintaining hope. @CAGEintl statement: https://www.cage.ngo/articles/assad-s-tyranny-ends-with-syria-s-liberation08 Dec 2024 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:dio356akn3ivc2xp3apledpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcscqf4qps27https://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.social/post/3lbwikagurk2zFor those familiar with the murders, executions, and enforced disappearances and torture in post-9/11 Pakistan - such videos of the military are not surprising at all based on testimony we gathered over the last 23 years. It’s just that it’s now being caught on video.27 Nov 2024 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:dio356akn3ivc2xp3apledpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbwikagurk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.social/post/3lbuilv63q22qOne of the most detailed accounts of Palestinian resistance from the Nakba through to Oslo - showing how tactics varied based on the exigencies of different moments of Palestinians demanding their right to self determination. I hope @yezidsayigh.bsky.social will follow up from 93 to today.26 Nov 2024 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:dio356akn3ivc2xp3apledpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbuilv63q22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.social/post/3lbmngcuz2k2iHumanitarian efforts for Gaza exist in a cycle of abuse that ultimately benefits the economy of Israel. This doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t be helping to reconstruct Gaza, but it does mean we need to rethink efficacy of efforts.23 Nov 2024 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:dio356akn3ivc2xp3apledpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbmngcuz2k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.social/post/3lbh3qpfdx22oZoe Rogers turned 21 a few weeks ago while inside prison for shutting down an Elbit weapons site - a company directly involved in the ongoing genocide in Palestine. She is one of the bravest souls in the UK. This is Zoe’s brave mother, reading a poem by her incarcerated daughter. 1/321 Nov 2024 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:dio356akn3ivc2xp3apledpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbh3qpfdx22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.social/post/3lbem3g2xbs2eAlways a wonderful moment when friends you respect read your work. Been great engaging in conversations with readers about the stories these political prisoners have to tell and how different readers internalise them. It was an honour to narrate these prisoners away from racist pathologies. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Nov 2024 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:dio356akn3ivc2xp3apledpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbem3g2xbs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.social/post/3lbcxp6pl3k2sDecolonial texts forthcoming: ‘Gastronomy of the Oppressed’ by Paulo FryingPan ‘Decentring Europe from the tongue: towards a decolonial praxis of fillings, seasoning and condiments’ by Maryam X [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Nov 2024 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:dio356akn3ivc2xp3apledpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbcxp6pl3k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.social/post/3lazm5nno2s2rWorth thinking about what the Algerian fighter Zohra Drif said during the Battle of Algiers in the 1950s, in order to understand how closely the Zionist project is connected to European colonisation and violence:16 Nov 2024 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:dio356akn3ivc2xp3apledpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lazm5nno2s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.social/post/3laynwolhw226Let the words of Wael Al Dahdouh haunt all our days until we achieve justice for Palestine, from the river to the sea: “They took revenge on us through our children.” 😢 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/31/wael-al-dahdouh-gaza-palestinian-journalist-tragedy15 Nov 2024 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:dio356akn3ivc2xp3apledpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3laynwolhw226https://bsky.app/profile/asimqureshi.bsky.social/post/3lavksk4vpm2nHi bluesky - trying to break from what feels like a lifetime on X/Twitter, so hope to connect with old and new friends here. I mostly write and research on the violence of global War of Terror that has pathologised and harmed communities across the world. The pic is of my latest book.14 Nov 2024 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:dio356akn3ivc2xp3apledpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lavksk4vpm2n