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Bahrain Braces for August 14 Protests as British Airways Refuses to Allow Maryam Al Khawaja to Board Plane to Manama
August 9, 2013
Washington, D.C. – This morning prominent Bahraini human rights defender Maryam Al Khawaja, Acting President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), was refused permission to…
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U.S. Urged to Affirm Opposition to Violent Crackdowns in Egypt
August 7, 2013
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First today expressed concern that intensive diplomatic efforts to produce a solution to Egypt’s immediate human rights crisis appear to have…
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Human Rights First Selects Dr. Denis Mukwege to Receive Human Rights Award
August 5, 2013
New York City – Human Rights First will honor Dr. Denis Mukwege of the Democratic Republic of Congo with its 2013 Human Rights Award. Dr. Mukwege will…
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Secretary Kerry Should Make Clear to Egypt’s Transitional Rulers that Rights and Freedoms Must Be Respected
August 2, 2013
New York City – Human Rights First today expresses concern over Secretary of State Kerry’s recent remarks during a television appearance in Pakistan that the “Egyptian…
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Renewed Calls for Protest in Bahrain Spark Further Crackdown by National Assembly
July 31, 2013
The Bahraini National Assembly is considering toughening punishment for those who commit “terrorist acts.” The stated purpose is to protect national security. The real purpose…
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Tom Friedman’s Faulty Advice on Egypt
July 26, 2013
Regrettably, Tom Friedman’s policy advice on Egypt (“Egypt’s Three Revolutions”) is simply counseling the Obama administration to continue making the same mistakes that have bedeviled…
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McLaughlin Terrorism Analysis Misses Mark
July 18, 2013
Though former CIA acting-director John McLaughlin’s recent piece for CNN accurately captures al Qaeda’s degraded global capacity to coordinate operations, his conclusion – that the United States…
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What Deputy Secretary Burns Should Tell the New Egyptian Government
July 15, 2013
Washington, D.C. – While he is in Egypt this week, Deputy Secretary of State William Burns rightly began to outline to the new Egyptian government and…
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Six Steps for the U.S. to Support Egypt’s Successful Transition to Democracy
July 9, 2013
Washington, D.C. – As Egypt’s interim leaders announce their plan to elect a new president and parliament within the next six months, Human Rights First has…
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Muzzling Social Media in the Gulf
July 5, 2013
Bahrain announced this week that it was planning to study whether to restrict Internet-based communications, including Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) portals such as Whatsapp, Viber and Skype. Bahrain’s Minister of State for…
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Egyptian Shake-Up Should Spark U.S. Reset in Egypt
July 3, 2013
Washington, D.C. – Following today’s military intervention in Egypt and the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s new leadership has a responsibility to prioritize human…
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Egyptian Protests Should Shake U.S. out of Dangerous Complacency
July 2, 2013
This is a cross post from The Huffington Post. Startling events unfolded this week in Egypt. First, millions of protesters took to the streets to…