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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 22: Storm clouds gather near the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon September 22, 2021 in Washington, DC. Senate Minority Leader McConnell (R-KY) and other Senate Republicans said that they will not vote to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government that would include an increase to the debt ceiling. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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DAWN Joins 124 Organizations Urging Congress to Restore UNRWA Funding

March 4, 2025

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 24: Members of the United Nations Security Council attend a United Nations Security Council meeting on maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine at UN Headquarters on February 24, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Liao Pan/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

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UN Security Council: Endorse Arab League Gaza Reconstruction Plan

March 4, 2025

An Israeli soldier stands watch in the Old City of Hebron, West Bank, as two young children look on from the entrance of their home on September 14, 2024. (Photo by Mosab Shawer / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by MOSAB SHAWER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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DAWN Statement About House Foreign Affairs Committee's Decision to Rename the Occupied West Bank

February 27, 2025

A man walks past shelter tents erected near collapsed buildings in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on October 1, 2024 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)

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March 13, 2025

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Assal Rad, Sean Yom and Mira Al-Hussein Join DAWN as Non-Resident Fellows

March 12, 2025

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DAWN Joins 124 Organizations Urging Congress to Restore UNRWA Funding

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March 4, 2025

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Biden Administration Should Not Invoke National Security to Enable Egyptian Abuses

An open letter to Secretary Blinken urges the Biden administration to refrain from using the national security waiver on the...

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April 24, 2021

US President Joe Biden leaves after speaking about the March jobs report in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2021. - The US economy regained a massive 916,000 jobs in March, the biggest increase since August, with nearly a third of the increase in the hard-hit leisure and hospitality sector, the Labor Department reported on April 2, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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National Coalition Calls for an End to Saudi Blockade of Yemen

Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) joined more than 70 national organizations sent a letter to President Biden, urging...

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April 6, 2021

SCARPERIA, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 11: Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (33) Aston Martin Red Bull Racing RB16 on track during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Tuscany at Mugello Circuit on September 11, 2020 in Scarperia, Italy. (Photo by Mario Renzi - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)

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Formula One CEO Urged to Launch Human Rights Inquiry into Bahrain Grand Prix

New Formula One (F1) CEO Stefano Domenicali should “establish a commission of independent experts to investigate the human rights impact...

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March 25, 2021

TOPSHOT - A picture taken on June 26, 2019 shows a general view of the United Nations Human Rights Council room during a debate on the report of (UN) special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Geneva. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

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DAWN Joins Over 100 Organizations in Condemning the Human Rights Situation in Egypt

31 UN member states of the Human Rights Council today delivered a joint declaration condemning the human rights situation in...

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March 12, 2021

Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton reacts on the podium after winning the pole position during the qualifying session at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, southern France, on June 23, 2018, ahead of the Formula One Grand Prix de France. (Photo by Boris HORVAT / AFP) (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP via Getty Images)

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Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton Should Boycott the Grand Prix In Saudi Arabia, 45 Rights Groups Say

DAWN Joined 44 other organizations in calling on Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton to boycott a Grand Prix set to...

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February 23, 2021

Egyptian security forces block the road leading to Cairo's Tahrir square on September 27, 2019. - Egypt braced today for a second weekend of protests, as anger stemming from economic hardship and alleged top-level corruption threatens to eclipse a long-standing ban on street rallies despite an intensifying crackdown. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

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DAWN Condemns Retaliation against families of Egyptian Dissidents

The clear pattern of intimidation and harassment has intensified in recent weeks, including a February 13 raid on the homes...

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February 19, 2021

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - JULY 30: Exterior View of new International Criminal Court building in The Hague on July 30, 2016 in The Hague The Netherlands. (Photo by Michel Porro/Getty Images)

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DAWN Joins Coalition Call for the Biden Administration to Repeal ICC Sanctions

The undersigned organizations urge the Biden Administration to engage constructively with the International Criminal Court (ICC). The U.S. government’s support...

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February 18, 2021

IBB, YEMEN - DECEMBER 16: Yemeni students are seen listening to their teacher inside a wreckage of their school, at Ar Radmah district of Ibb, Yemen on December 16, 2019. Yemeni children, living in the district of the Ibb province in the south of capital Sanaa are trying to continue their education in the shadow of the war at the classrooms without heating stoves and benches. Due to the ongoing civil war and conflicts for almost 5 years, lots of schools in the city have been damaged or ruined. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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DAWN Joins Mark Ruffalo and 20 Organizations to Urge the EU to Stop Selling Weapons to Saudi Arabia and UAE

Together with American activist Mark Ruffalo and 20 other civil society organizations, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) urged the...

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February 11, 2021

Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide talks to the media outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the Norwegian Government believing that Russia is behind a cyber attack on the Norwegian Parliament, in Oslo, on October 13, 2020. - A cyber attack was detected in August 2020, when Norway announced hackers had attacked the parliament's email system, gaining access to some lawmakers' messages. (Photo by Orn E. BORGEN / NTB / AFP) / Norway OUT (Photo by ORN E. BORGEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images)

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Norway Should Reveal the Identity of 10 Saudis Who Asked for Diplomatic Immunity

On December 22, 2020, in a letter to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Democracy for the Arab World Now...

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December 24, 2020

Palestinian children take part in a candle-light vigil in Gaza City on November 25, 2009 to call for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. Israel is refusing to free a group of Palestinian prisoners serving life terms or long sentences demanded by Hamas in exchange for a captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit who is being held by militants in Gaza, officials close to the talks on a deal said. Both Hamas and Israel earlier this week reported progress in the negotiations, which have been mediated by Egypt and Germany, but downplayed reports of a quick deal. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

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Together We Must Protect and Support WHRDs in Middle East and North Africa

Amal al-Moallimi is the new Saudi ambassador to Norway and only the second female Saudi ambassador.

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December 10, 2020

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