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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)

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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)

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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)

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

November 13, 2024

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

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 13: Pro-Palestine demonstrators gather at Freedom Plaza for a rally on January 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. Officials are predicting at least 10,000 people will attend to protest the retaliatory actions taken by the Israeli government following the October 7th terrorist attacks by Hamas. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

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On Yahia Lababidi's 'Palestine Wail' and the Poetry of Free Expression

November 22, 2024

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Redefining a U.S. Path in Yemen

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 13: Pro-Palestine demonstrators gather at Freedom Plaza for a rally on January 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. Officials are predicting at least 10,000 people will attend to protest the retaliatory actions taken by the Israeli government following the October 7th terrorist attacks by Hamas. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Democracy In Exile

On Yahia Lababidi's 'Palestine Wail' and the Poetry of Free Expression

November 22, 2024

Democracy In Exile

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)

DAWN Statement on ICC Arrest Warrants for Israeli Officials

November 21, 2024

Tag: freedom of speech

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 13: Pro-Palestine demonstrators gather at Freedom Plaza for a rally on January 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. Officials are predicting at least 10,000 people will attend to protest the retaliatory actions taken by the Israeli government following the October 7th terrorist attacks by Hamas. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Democracy In Exile

On Yahia Lababidi's 'Palestine Wail' and the Poetry of Free Expression

November 22, 2024

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From Art to Activism: Drawing the Gaza Protests on Campus

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The Other Israel-Gaza Conflict: On Campus

December 7, 2023

In this photo provided by Ibrahim Almadi to CNN, Saad Ibrahim Almadi sits in a restaurant in an unidentified place, in the United States, on August 2021.

Saudi Arabia: Lift Travel Ban on US Citizen Released from Saudi Prison

Photo courtesy of MENA Rights Group.

Groups Call on UAE Not to Extradite Political Commentator to Egypt Where He Would Face Torture

December 21, 2022

Egyptian political activist Ahmed Douma reacts as he stands behind dock bars during his trial in Cairo on June 3, 2013, on charges of insulting president Mohamed Morsi. Douma was convicted to serve six months in prison . AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

900 Groups, Individuals Call for Release of Egyptian Writer Ahmed Douma After 10 Years of Detention

December 14, 2022

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 04: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY â MANDATORY CREDIT - "RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY/ HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (not seen) hold a joint press conference in Moscow, Russia on October 04, 2021. (Photo by Russian Foreign Ministry / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Concerning Statements by Egypt's Foreign Minister on Climate Summit Imply Restricted Activism

10 June 2020, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: ILLUSTRATION - A smartphone is held. (to dpa "More and more porn videos in student chats - police warns of consequences") Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa (Photo by Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Rights Groups Call on Emirati Authorities to Repeal or Amend New UAE Cybercrime Law

January 24, 2022

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How the Artistic Freedom Initiative Is Helping Resettle Artists and Safeguard Culture

November 9, 2021

Retired Egyptian journalist Tawfik Ghanem (center) was recently arrested on terrorism charges. (Photo: Flickr/Ahmed Abd El-Fatah)

Letter to Egypt Authorities: Release Imprisoned Journalist Tawfik Ghanem

October 27, 2021

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