Azadeh Shahshahani's guest appearances

Azadeh Shahshahani

CounterSpin

Unauthorized Disclosure

Butterfly Story Collective Podcast

Michael Mann

Ilhan Omar

Marc Lamont Hill

George H.W. Bush

Matt Taibbi

Aaron Maté

Tulsi Gabbard

Josh Fox

Jamie Kilstein

Abby Martin

Lee Camp

Beto O'Rourke

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

JILL STEIN

Max Blumenthal

OwlTail

Human rights attorney and Iranian-American, Azadeh Shahshahani shares her journey from the day the Trump Administration issued the first ban on people from Muslim-majority countries, up to the day in the US Supreme Court she listened to arguments on that ban.  Whether providing help to impacted families on that first day, or organizing a "People's Tribunal" on the ban last October, Azadeh remains resolute in continuing her work &amp; optimistic about how the arc of justice will bend from this historic moment.

<p>Human rights attorney and Iranian-American, Azadeh Shahshahani shares her journey from the day the Trump Administration issued the first ban on people from Muslim-majority countries, up to the day in the US Supreme Court she listened to arguments on that ban.  Whether providing help to impacted families on that first day, or organizing a "People's Tribunal" on the ban last October, Azadeh remains resolute in continuing her work &amp; optimistic about how the arc of justice will bend from this historic moment.</p>

Our Work is Not Finished: NoMuslimBanEver series - Azadeh Shahshahani

Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola welcome Azadeh Shahshahani, who is a legal and advocacy director for Project South. She joins the show to talk about a report her organization worked on called "Imprisoned Justice: Inside Two Georgia Immigrant Detention Centers."  Shahshahani addresses how asylum seekers and immigrants are denied due process and in some cases even tricked into signing papers for deportation. At Stewart Detention Center and Irwin County Detention Center, solitary confinement is used as punishment against individuals who resist the conditions of their confinement.  She talks about the water in these facilities, the rotten food served to prisoners, and the labor they are expected to perform often for very little pay or no money at all. And Shahshahani describes the programs the government operates with local police forces that load up private facilities like Stewart with bodies for companies to make profits.  Later in the show, Khalek and Gosztola discuss a reaction to Max Blumenthal's interview last week, Chelsea Manning's upcoming release, and the firing of FBI director James Comey.  If you would like to support the show and help keep us going strong, please become a subscriber on .

S4: Episode 16 - Azadeh Shahshahani