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Groups Call for Unconditional Release of Saudi Activist, Salma al-Shehab, After Sentence Reduction

January 16, 2025

Palestinians inspect damage at the site of an Israeli strike on a house amid the Israel-Hamas conflict at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on December 13, 2024. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

DAWN Statement on Ceasefire in Gaza: Accountability, Reparations, and the Path to Justice

January 15, 2025

--PHOTO TAKEN DURING A CONTROLLED TOUR AND SUBSEQUENTLY EDITED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY-- This picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military on January 27, 2024, shows Israeli soldiers patrolling an area in Gaza's main southern city of Khan Yunis, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by Nicolas GARCIA / AFP)

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Could Israel's 'Immoral Witnesses' in Gaza Unwittingly Help End the IDF's Impunity?

January 14, 2025

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Groups Call for Unconditional Release of Saudi Activist, Salma al-Shehab, After Sentence Reduction

January 16, 2025

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

Supporters of the Syria Solidarity Campaign hold placards as they protest opposite 10 Downing Street in central London on December 28, 2024, calling on the UK government uphold its humanitarian obligations and end the suspension of asylum applications for Syrians. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Democracy In Exile

Europe's Rightward Turn on Migration Is a Backlash Against Human Rights Themselves

January 16, 2025

--PHOTO TAKEN DURING A CONTROLLED TOUR AND SUBSEQUENTLY EDITED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY-- This picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military on January 27, 2024, shows Israeli soldiers patrolling an area in Gaza's main southern city of Khan Yunis, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by Nicolas GARCIA / AFP)

Democracy In Exile

Could Israel's 'Immoral Witnesses' in Gaza Unwittingly Help End the IDF's Impunity?

January 14, 2025

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Assad's Fall in Syria Confounds the UAE's Staunchly Anti-Islamist Agenda

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Groups Call for Unconditional Release of Saudi Activist, Salma al-Shehab, After Sentence Reduction

January 16, 2025

Supporters of the Syria Solidarity Campaign hold placards as they protest opposite 10 Downing Street in central London on December 28, 2024, calling on the UK government uphold its humanitarian obligations and end the suspension of asylum applications for Syrians. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Democracy In Exile

Europe's Rightward Turn on Migration Is a Backlash Against Human Rights Themselves

January 16, 2025

Palestinians inspect damage at the site of an Israeli strike on a house amid the Israel-Hamas conflict at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on December 13, 2024. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

DAWN Statement on Ceasefire in Gaza: Accountability, Reparations, and the Path to Justice

January 15, 2025

Tag: Justice for Jamal

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - JULY 15: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY â MANDATORY CREDIT - "ROYAL COURT OF SAUDI ARABIA / HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) US President Joe Biden (L) being welcomed by Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) at Alsalam Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 15, 2022. (Photo by Royal Court of Saudi Arabia / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

United States: Biden Administration Recognition of Saudi Crown Prince Immunity is Bad Policy and Bad Law

November 17, 2022

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

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

It's Official. Mohammed Bin Salman is Responsible for Jamal Khashoggi's Murder. Hold Him Accountable

DAWN Demands Release of Report on Jamal Khashoggi's Murder in Lawsuit against DNI

January 15, 2021

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 25: People take part in a candle light vigil to remember journalist Jamal Khashoggi outside the Saudi Arabia consulate on October 25, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey. Jamal Khashoggi, a U.S. resident and critic of the Saudi regime, went missing after entering the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on October 2. More than two weeks later Riyadh announced he had been killed accidentally during an altercation with Saudi consulate officials, however as investigations continue new information surfaced, pointing to a brutal and planned murder contradicting previous claims. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) Launches Arabic Website

January 6, 2021

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The "writing will be on the wall" for Saudi Arabia in Yemen if the US and its allies withdraw support

January 2, 2021

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"If we decide the rule of law is not for us in the case of Khashoggi, it's open season on American citizens"

December 11, 2020

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