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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 19: Paul Keary, COO of Teneo Holdings attends the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative Gala at Powerhouse at The American Museum of Natural History on November 19, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/Getty Images)

Advocacy

U.S. Consulting Firm Teneo Whitewashing Saudi Human Rights Record, Misleading Public, Contributing to Abuses

November 13, 2024

Advocacy

Teneo's Propaganda Campaign and Subpoena Evasion: Shielding Saudi Arabia From Accountability

November 13, 2024

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Riyadh on October 23, 2024. (Photo by Nathan Howard / POOL / AFP)

Democracy In Exile

Making Sense of a U.S.-Saudi Security Pact

November 8, 2024

Advocacy

U.S. Consulting Firm Teneo Whitewashing Saudi Human Rights Record, Misleading Public, Contributing to Abuses

November 13, 2024

Advocacy

Teneo's Propaganda Campaign and Subpoena Evasion: Shielding Saudi Arabia From Accountability

November 13, 2024

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Redefining a U.S. Path in Yemen

November 21, 2024

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 30: A general view of the International Criminal Court (ICC) building in The Hague, Netherlands on April 30, 2024. (Photo by Selman Aksunger/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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DAWN Statement on ICC Arrest Warrants for Israeli Officials

November 21, 2024

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Former Army Intelligence Officer Harrison Mann Joins DAWN as Military Affairs Fellow

November 21, 2024

THE LOBBYIST HALL OF SHAME

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September 1, 2023

(Washington D.C., August 30, 2023) – Former Legislative Assistant Rashid Hallaway and his lobbying firm Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures (HHQ) are sportswashing the Saudi government's human rights abuses by lobbying for Saudi government-owned LIV Golf, said Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) in a new report released today.

DAWN

U.S.: Former Legislative Assistant Rashid Hallaway Sportswashing Saudi Abuses by Lobbying for LIV Golf

August 30, 2023

DAWN

Saudi Arabia's Sportswashing: Rashid Hallaway

August 30, 2023

UNITED STATES – OCTOBER 12: Rep. Ben Quayle, R-Ariz., participates in a news conference on Wednesday Oct. 12, 2011, to introduce the "Northern Arizona Mining Continuity Act of 2011," which will stop the Interior Department from banning mining in a vast area of Arizona that represents the nation's second largest domestic source of uranium ore. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

DAWN

U.S.: Former Representative Ben Quayle Sportswashing Saudi Abuses by Lobbying for LIV Golf

August 3, 2023

DAWN

Saudi Arabia's Sportswashing: Former Congressman Benjamin Quayle Joins the Fray

August 3, 2023

DAWN

Adam C. Emanuel, Emanuel & Associates

July 23, 2023

Advocacy

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: Former US Congresswoman is Now Lobbyist Pushing Weapons Sales to UAE Dictatorship

April 6, 2023

MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 30: Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) speaks to the media as she criticizes President Donald Trump's new executive order barring US entry for natives of seven Muslim-majority countries as she makes her way to her Washington, DC flight at Miami International Airport on January 30, 2017 in Miami, Florida. Ros-Lehtinen said among other things that any future executive order from President Donald Trump on any issue should comply with existing laws and regulations. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Advocacy

U.S. Congress: Don't Meet with Ileana Ros-Lehtinen – or Any Other Lobbyist Representing Abusive Middle East Governments

April 6, 2023

Advocacy

Nadeam Elshami, Lobbyist Pushing Weapons Flow to Egyptian Goverment

October 11, 2022

UNITED STATES - JULY 21: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Md., talks with aide Nadeam Elshami, upon arriving in the Capitol Visitor Center for her weekly news conference where she criticized Republicans for their lack of job creating legislation and also discussed the ongoing debt ceiling talks. (Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call)

Advocacy

U.S. Congress: Don't Meet with Nadeam Elshami – or Any Other Lobbyist Representing Abusive Middle East Governments

October 11, 2022

DAWN

Brian E. Finch: Lobbyist for NSO Group, Israeli Company Blacklisted by Commerce Department for Pegasus Spyware

July 21, 2022

DAWN

David Tamasi: Lobbyist for NSO Group, Israeli Company Blacklisted by Commerce Department for Pegasus Spyware

July 21, 2022

"Is there no other way for us? Must we choose between movie theaters and our rights as citizens to speak out, whether in support of or critical of our government's actions? Do we only voice glowing references to our leader's decisions, his vision of our future, in exchange for the right to live and travel freely — for ourselves and our wives, husbands and children too? …"

- Jamal KhashogGI, Washington Post, May 21, 2018

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