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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

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

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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)

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

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

Algerian security surround protesters during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers on December 11, 2019, ahead of the presidential vote scheduled for December 12. Algeria's contentious presidential election campaign is highlighting the vast gap between youth at the heart of a reformist protest movement and an ageing elite they see as clinging to power. The poll will see five candidates, all linked to ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, compete for the top office. But protesters, whose mass mobilisation forced the ex-strongman to resign from his two-decade tenure in April, have rallied weekly to say sweeping reforms must come ahead of any vote. (Photo by RYAD KRAMDI / AFP)

Democracy In Exile

No Safe Haven: Algeria's Transnational Repression of Dissidents

December 17, 2024

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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

Algerian security surround protesters during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers on December 11, 2019, ahead of the presidential vote scheduled for December 12. Algeria's contentious presidential election campaign is highlighting the vast gap between youth at the heart of a reformist protest movement and an ageing elite they see as clinging to power. The poll will see five candidates, all linked to ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, compete for the top office. But protesters, whose mass mobilisation forced the ex-strongman to resign from his two-decade tenure in April, have rallied weekly to say sweeping reforms must come ahead of any vote. (Photo by RYAD KRAMDI / AFP)

Democracy In Exile

No Safe Haven: Algeria's Transnational Repression of Dissidents

December 17, 2024

Tag: Jamal Khashoggi.

TORONTO, ON - OCTOBER 2: Lawrence Wright is seen behind his publisher's office in Toronto.
In a region of ongoing violence and brutality, a 1978 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel has endured. Q&A with Pulitzer-winning Lawrence Wright on his new book Thirteen Days in September, which explains how it happened.

Democracy In Exile

Lawrence Wright on Why Domestic Terrorism Is America's 'Present Enemy'

September 14, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 10: Michael Beer holds a poster during a rally about the disappearance of Washington Post journalist, Jamal Khashoggi outside the Embassy of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday October 10, 2018 in Washington, DC. Khashoggi disappeared after entering the Saudi Consulate in Instanbul. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Four Years Since Murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Accountability Advances in Legislation, Lawsuit, and Memorial

September 30, 2022

Democracy In Exile

'Jamal Khashoggi Way' Is a Message to Biden, Too

ANKARA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 23: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks about the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during his weekly parliamentary address on October 23, 2018 in Ankara, Turkey. Erdogan said Khashoggi was the victim of a "brutal" and "planned" murder and called for the extradition of 18 suspects to Turkey to face justice. Khashoggi, a U.S. resident and critic of the Saudi regime, went missing after entering the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on October 2. (Photo by Getty Images)

Turkey: Transferring Jamal Khashoggi's Murder Trial to Saudi Arabia Is Unacceptable

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - OCTOBER 23: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY â MANDATORY CREDIT - " ROYAL COURT OF SAUDI ARABIA / HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the opening of the Saudi Green Initiative Forum, via video link, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 23, 2021. (Photo by Royal Court of Saudi Arabia/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

New Revelations Expose Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman's Plot to Murder King Abdullah and Former Goverment Official

October 24, 2021

ANKARA, TURKEY - (ARCHIVE) : A file photo dated March 26, 2015 shows Prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaking during a panel titled 'Crisis in Syria: An Endless War?' organised by Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) Foundation in Ankara, Turkey. Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi died after a brawl inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Saudi Arabia announced Saturday. (Photo by Gokhan Balci/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Three Years On, Efforts in Truth and Accountability for the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi Persist

October 1, 2021

ARLINGTON, VA - MARCH 22: Crown Prince Of Saudi Arabia Mohammad Bin Salman (R) speaks during a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis March 22, 2018 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Crown Prince Mohammad Bin SalmanÊis on a visit in Washington. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

U.S. Federal Court Should Exercise Jurisdiction over Jamal Khashoggi's Murderers

September 15, 2021

Bret Boyles, Foreign Agent for Saudi Government Agency Implicated in Khashoggi's Murder

September 9, 2021

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MAY 21: Michael Isikoff presents onstage at "The Clinton Affair" FYC Screening on May 21, 2019 in North Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for A&E)

Democracy In Exile

Michael Isikoff on the 'Many Black Boxes' of Jamal Khashoggi's Murder

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 13: Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia looks on in the Oval Office at the White House May 13, 2015 in Washington, DC. The Saudi delegation is meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden as part of this week's meetings with delegations from the Gulf Cooperation Council. (Photo by Olivier Douliery - Pool/Getty Images)

DAWN and Hatice Cengiz Successfully Serve Saudi Crown Prince, Paving Way for Lawsuit for the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi

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