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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?

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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

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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

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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)

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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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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: US-Saudi Arabia

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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Making Sense of a U.S.-Saudi Security Pact

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The Magical Thinking Behind a U.S.-Saudi Alliance

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A Carter Doctrine for the New Energy Era

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How a Defense Treaty Would Transform the U.S.-Saudi Relationship

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The OPEC+ Oil Cut and the Lessons of Imperial Overreach

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We're Still Paying the Price for Letting MBS Get Away With Murder

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Saudi Arabia: Saud al-Qahtani Helped Kill Khashoggi, Tortured Prominent Activist

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Democracy In Exile

America's Misplaced Enchantment With Arab Monarchs

WASHINGTON, USA - NOVEMBER 3: Sarah Leah Whitson, Executive Director of the Middle East and North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch testifies during a Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing on Human Rights in Egypt in Washington, USA on November 3, 2015. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

DAWN's Sarah Leah Whitson Testifies on Saudi Arabia before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

November 11, 2020

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