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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

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)

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: Palestine

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

What Trump's Return Means for the Middle East: A Democracy in Exile Roundtable

November 14, 2024

GAZA CITY, GAZA - JULY 15: UNRWA employees and Palestinians inspect a damaged school after Israeli fighter jets hit United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) school, killing and injuring many in Nuseirat Refugee Camp of Deir al-Balah, Gaza on July 15, 2024. (Photo by Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images)

DAWN Statement on the Israeli Knesset's Vote to Ban UNRWA

October 29, 2024

Democracy In Exile

Can Article 25 of the U.N. Charter Impose Accountability on Israel?

October 21, 2024

Democracy In Exile

The U.N. Must Do More to Protect Civil Society From the Abuses of Counterterrorism

October 16, 2024

Chinese policemen guard at streets on July 7, 2009 in the capital of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region of China.

Democracy In Exile

How Justice Is Denied From Palestine to the Uyghur Homeland

October 10, 2024

Democracy In Exile

Gaza's Reality Has Been Hidden From the Israeli Public

October 7, 2024

A general view shows destroyed building and the rubble of the al-Faruq mosque on February 22, 2024, following an overnight Israeli air strike in Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Democracy In Exile

'Azrael Confesses,' a New Poem From Gaza

October 4, 2024

People check the rubble of buildings which were levelled on September 27 by Israeli strikes that targeted and killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut's southern suburbs, on September 29, 2024. Israel killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in a huge air strike in Lebanon, dealing the movement a seismic blow that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on September 28 called a "turning point" for his country. (Photo by AFP)

Democracy In Exile

Why the Killing of Hassan Nasrallah Is a Pyrrhic Victory for Israel

September 30, 2024

A Pro-Palestinian activist holds a placard reading 'From the River to the Sea' as they march through London, during a National Day of Action for Palestine on September 7, 2024. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Democracy In Exile

Israel's Vision of No Palestinians 'From the River to the Sea'

September 27, 2024

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