Asad Hashim
@AsadHashimJournalist, sometimes anthropologist. Editor with AFP. Ex-AJE digital corro in Pakistan. Ex-Reuters. AFP Kate Webb Prize '18. All views and opinions my own.
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In 2001, Wajeeh-ul-Hassan was arrested for committing "blasphemy", allegedly writing a series of letters insulting to Islam and its Prophet. He spent almost half his life on death row, before the Supreme Court acquitted him in October. This is his story: aljazeera.com/indepth/featur…
Hundreds are queuing in chilly drizzle outside the West Kowloon court for the 404 seats for the public — including 5 in the main courtroom. The queuing started on Saturday night with more than a dozen of those standing in front masking their faces and avoiding media.
Eighteen years ago today, @ajenglish went on air. I am still proud to be working for one of the best news networks in the world - and the incredible people I have had the opportunity to work with around the word
The NAACP on Thursday condemned "racist text messages" reported to have been sent to Black Americans after Donald Trump's victory in this week's presidential election. The messages told recipients "to report to a plantation to pick cotton". u.afp.com/5Hoc
A distinct pall in the streets outside the White House, as the sun sets on a day when Donald Trump was declared president-elect of the United States for a second time.
It's election day in the United States, with crews boarding up street-level windows in the capital Washington DC.
The heartbreaking tale of Al Jazeera's Wael al-Dahdouh: 'It was as he knelt down by Mahmoud’s bloodied body that he let out his first cry, then uttered a phrase that would reverberate around the Arab world: “They took revenge on us through our children.”' theguardian.com/world/2024/oct…
Kamala Harris on Wednesday was forced to distance herself from comments by President Joe Biden that appeared to label Donald Trump supporters "garbage," as the US election entered its final week @angelaweissfoto @AsadHashim u.afp.com/5rkg
#UPDATE Donald Trump and Kamala Harris launched a frantic last week of US election campaigning Wednesday, with the Democrat distancing herself from comments by President Joe Biden that appeared to label Trump supporters "garbage" @AsadHashim u.afp.com/5KvX
Replugging this piece, which came out as Republican US presidential candidate @realDonaldTrump went on The @joerogan Experience, the biggest podcast in the world.
For @AFP, on how in this US election, candidates Trump and Harris are often eschewing traditional media to do long-form podcast interviews, and how that helps them reach -- and potentially convert -- niche audiences. yahoo.com/news/podcasts-…
🚨 The Committee to Protect Journalists is aware of accusations made by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) against several journalists in Gaza accusing them of being members of militant groups. Israel has repeatedly made similar unproven claims without producing credible evidence.…
We are aware of the accusations currently being made by Israel against @AlJazeera journalists. Israel has a long history of smearing Palestinian journalists as terrorists without providing credible evidence, and with deadly consequences. 1/3
🚨 The Committee to Protect Journalists is aware of accusations made by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) against several journalists in Gaza accusing them of being members of militant groups. Israel has repeatedly made similar unproven claims without producing credible evidence.…
After years in this business, I'm pretty hardened. I've seen many horrors. But watching people being burned alive last night, stretching out their hands for help. A man in a hospital bed with an IV attached going up in flames. It felt like a new horror, akin to a vision of hell.
[For @AFP] Thousands march across the United States in solidarity with Palestinians, marking a year since the start of the war in Gaza. In Washington, a man set himself in fire in protest. barrons.com/news/man-sets-…
In Washington DC, more than a thousand protesters marched to demand an end to US support for Israel this evening, marking almost a year since the war in Gaza began with vocal calls for a ceasefire. One protester attempted to self-immolate at the demonstration.
The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by the Israeli army’s raid and closure of Al Jazeera’s office in Ramallah. 👇
Israeli forces carrying guns have entered Al Jazeera’s offices in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, ordering staff to vacate and imposing a 45-day closure.
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