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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: Sudan

A picture taken on March 20, 2024, shows people who fled Khartoum and Jazira states in war-torn Sudan sitting in the shade of their tents at a camp for the internally displaced in southern Gedaref state. After nearly a year of war, Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history, the United Nations warned on March 20, slamming the international community for its lack of action. (Photo by AFP)

Democracy In Exile

Grassroots Aid Networks Are a Lifeline Amid Sudan's Humanitarian Catastrophe

Democracy In Exile

Forgetting Sudan's War Is a Privilege Sudanese Don't Have

Democracy In Exile

Civilian Voices Are Critical to Securing Real Peace in Sudan

Democracy In Exile

Only Leverage, Not International Pleas, Can End Sudan's War

Democracy In Exile

Sudan's Feared Paramilitary Leader Tries to Launder His Image, With Western Help

Democracy In Exile

Sudan's Young Revolutionaries Languish in Prison on Trumped-Up Charges

January 18, 2023

Sudan's top army general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan speaks during a press conference at the General Command of the Armed Forces in Khartoum on October 26, 2021. - Angry Sudanese stood their ground in street protests against a coup, as international condemnation of the military's takeover poured in ahead of a UN Security Council meeting. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP) (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images)

Letter to UNGA Calls for Boycott of Sudanese Coup Leader, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan

September 15, 2022

Democracy In Exile

Sudan's Hopes for Democracy Face an Old, Familiar Foe in the Military

December 3, 2021

In an interview with DAWN, famed Sudanese visual artist Assil Diab discusses her artwork, her motivation, and how visual art, murals, and graffiti can bring communities together in a time of conflict.

Democracy In Exile

"It Was Easy for Them To Shoot You"; Nevertheless, Assil Diab Persisted

January 25, 2021

Sudanese women lift national flags by burning tyres as they take part in a demonstration on Sixty Street in the capital Khartoum, on May 23, 2020, to commemorate the first anniversary of a deadly crackdown carried out by security forces on Sudanese protesters during a sit-in outside army headquarters in the capital, with a death toll of over a 100. (Photo by Ashraf SHAZLY / AFP) (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images)

Democracy In Exile

Sudanese Women Participated in the 2019 Revolution, but Sidelined During the Democratic Transition

November 15, 2020

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