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The Biden administration has been negotiating a sweeping security agreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia,
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The growing effort to push the United States toward a foreign policy rooted in restraint has brought
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In early April 2023, DAWN and the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) co-hosted a virtual webinar examining
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As a tool for human rights advocacy, "conditioning" U.S. aid to abusive governments in the Middle East
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Here we can explain why we mean by the countries we cover. Like we focus on the countries that have a friendly relationship with the US government and therefore we have a better chance of changing policy in Washington and push for change to improve the lives of people better in these countries and also have a more reasonable foreign policy practices at home which will serve the US interests and values more in a long term.
We seek reform in US foreign policy in the MENA region
We track the impact of bad governance and rights violations in the kingdom.
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Our seasoned team of experts and advocates engage in impactful advocacy and research
Our original investigations and reporting have given attention to the Kingdom's misbehaviours.
There is so much underreported rights violations in the UAE. We aim to shed light on it.
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"At this moment in time, the majority of the American people oppose the genocide, want American weapons to Israel to stop, believe that the United States has gone too far in supporting Israel. So… what the Trump administration is doing is not in the interest of the American nation."
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