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Only under duress and in a closed-door meeting with New York power brokers did Mr. Mamdani say that he would “discourage” use of the phrase.

In August 2025, Hamas ally Islamic Jihad published a video showing Braslavski looking weak and thin as he spoke under duress.

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He had argued he was under duress when he was forced to throw the bodies into the pig enclosure.

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They contend it was obtained under duress following the revolution which toppled Colonel Gaddafi in 2011.

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The Jordanian ministry did not answer questions about Hammad, but legal experts say governments have little recourse to repatriate their citizens if they signed a contract, unless they can prove they did so under duress.

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