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DAWN joins global coalition of rights groups to demand release of Saudi women’s rights defenders

by DAWNNovember 25, 2020
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DAWN joins hundreds of scholars and rights advocates in solidarity with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights

by DAWNNovember 24, 2020
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DAWN’s Sarah Leah Whitson Testifies on Saudi Arabia before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

by DAWNNovember 11, 2020
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DAWN joins 13 organizations in asking Hillary Clinton to withdraw from UAE government event

by DAWNNovember 11, 2020
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Biden Administration Should Reassess US Interests and Lead by Example in Middle East

by DAWNNovember 10, 2020
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“Among small adjustments, Biden is expected to return to a more moderate, but fundamentally unchanged approach of prior administrations, which centres on close ties to Israel and arms sales that fuel the region’s arms race.”
Michael Eisner
Michael EisnerDoha News, November 7, 2020
“If the perpetrators of the murder wanted to intimidate and threaten those who speak, disagree, or demand liberties and basic human rights in Saudi Arabia, they only made Jamal a martyr for the struggle for a better Saudi Arabia and a better Arab world.”
Abdullah Alaoudh
Abdullah AlaoudhWashington Post, October. 24, 2018
“Jamal’s death only strengthens our resolve to continue with our critical work – to promote liberty, human rights, dignity, the rule of law, and justice in the Arab world and throughout the world.”
Sarah Leah Whitson
Sarah Leah WhitsonThe Guardian, October 21, 2020
"The only solution that will bring lasting peace and ability, security, prosperity, but also dignity, to the people of the region was democracy and human rights."
Sarah Leah Whitson
Sarah Leah WhitsonPBS NewsHour, October 9, 2020
"Drawing on public and confidential sources in-country, DAWN, the organization founded by Jamal Khashoggi two years ago, is identifying these functionaries and documenting their malign activities in a Culprits Gallery of human rights offenders.”
Michael Eisner
Michael EisnerThe American Conservative, October 2, 2020
"We aim to challenge the narrative that’s floating around still to this day in Washington of the United States as a benign actor that’s tried so hard to promote democracy in the region. Watch this space to see exactly how we plan to make the Saudi Arabian culprits involved in his murder face the consequences for their crimes right here in the United States.”
Sarah Leah Whitson
Sarah Leah WhitsonWashington Post, September 29, 2020
“In the Fakhoury case, the U.S. administration, backed by some members of Congress, used its power to strike a blow against judicial accountability in the Middle East, undermining the rule of law in Lebanon and reinforcing the cynical view of many in the region that real justice is either elusive or only comes from the barrel of a gun.”
Michael Eisner
Michael EisnerJustSecurity.org, May 21, 2020
"When Arab governments cannot get away with outright violence and kidnappings, they resort to bureaucratic persecution with insatiable vindictiveness."
Sarah Leah Whitson
Sarah Leah WhitsonAljazeera, July 5, 2020
"...the kingdom classified the Khashoggi case as retribution to allow it to avoid execution. They knew that using the word retribution left the door open for a pardon.”
Abdullah Alaoudh
Abdullah AlaoudhNew York Times, March 27, 2020

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