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Israeli military vehicles cross the fence to the buffer zone witrh Syria near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

Democracy In Exile

What the Collapse of the Assad Regime Means for Israel

December 13, 2024

Advocacy

Saudi Arabia Must Not Extradite Peaceful Protester to Egypt, Where He Would Face Torture

December 6, 2024

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - AUGUST 24: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with fellow Brics leaders pose for a family photo with new Bric members at the last day of the Brics summit fellow leaders president, Xi Jinping, China's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's president, Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, and Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, Iranian president is Ebrahim Raisi, on the closing day of the BRICS summit at the Sandton Convention Center in the Sandton district of Johannesburg on August 24, 2023, South Africa. The Brics summit, held in South Africa between 22-24 August 2023. Brics is made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. New Members are Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia. Some of the things are discussed during the summit is if to expand Brics and accept new members like Saudi Arabia and Iran, and a Brics currency. Vladimir Putin wanted to attend the meetings but South African president Cyril Ramaphosa managed to talk him out of it, as he risked being arrested while in in South Africa, as the ICC, International Criminal Court has issued a warrant of arrest for Mr. Putin's on suspicion of unlawful deportation of children and unlawful transfer of people from the territory of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

Democracy In Exile

Is Saudi Arabia Serious About Joining the BRICS?

December 4, 2024

Advocacy

Saudi Arabia Must Not Extradite Peaceful Protester to Egypt, Where He Would Face Torture

December 6, 2024

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

Democracy In Exile

Democracy in Exile's Most Popular Articles of 2024

December 23, 2024

Democracy In Exile

'Freed From Assad,' Syrians Rejoice While Wary of What Comes Next

December 20, 2024

Democracy In Exile

'It Was Annihilation.' Victims of Assad's Chemical Attacks Can Finally Speak Out

December 19, 2024

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Democracy in Exile's Most Popular Articles of 2024

December 23, 2024

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'Freed From Assad,' Syrians Rejoice While Wary of What Comes Next

December 20, 2024

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'It Was Annihilation.' Victims of Assad's Chemical Attacks Can Finally Speak Out

December 19, 2024

THE LOBBYIST HALL OF SHAME

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Advocacy

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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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