May 16, 2013
Category: Civil Liberties, Featured, Journalism, Kuwait, Political transition, Reform, US foreign policy, Yemen
Freedom House: Press Freedom Declined in MENA, Globally
Freedom House released its annual report on freedom of the press around the world in 2012. The report identified a global decline, asserting that "the percentage of people worldwide who enjoy a free media environment fell to its ...
May 1, 2013
Category: Civil Liberties, Egypt, Featured, Freedom, Gulf, Human Rights, Journalism, Libya, Tunisia, Yemen
Yemeni Court Opens Case Against Ex-President
Human Rights Watch (HRW) praised a Yemeni court order to investigate the country's former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and 11 top aides in connection with a fatal attack on peaceful protesters in Sa'ana in March 2011 that killed 45. Calling ...
April 30, 2013
Category: Courts and Judiciary, Democracy Promotion, Featured, Kuwait, Political transition, Yemen
State Department Human Rights Country Report: Yemen
The State Department's 2012 report on the status of human rights in Yemen identified "arbitrary killings and acts of violence committed by the government and various entities and groups; disappearances and kidnappings; and a weak and corrupt judicial ...
April 24, 2013
Category: Civil Liberties, Courts and Judiciary, Featured, Human Rights, Political transition, US foreign policy, Yemen
April 20, 2013
Category: Bahrain, Civil Liberties, Courts and Judiciary, Egypt, Elections, Featured, Freedom, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Political transition, Qatar, Reform, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, US foreign policy, Yemen
Yemeni President Announces Military Reshuffle
Yemen's President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi removed several top security officials from their positions on Wednesday. The most prominent removal is Brigadier General Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, son of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh and head of the Republican Guard. General ...
Yemen Dialogue Concludes First Session, ICG Analyzes Security Forces
Yemen's National Dialogue Conference concluded its first session on Wednesday and all but one of the conference's nine workings groups have agreed on their presidential committees. The finalized leadership of the group to discuss the governorate of Sa'ada has ...
U.S. Approach to Yemen Short-Sighted, “Counterproductive”
Encouraging U.S. support for Yemen's National Dialogue Conference, Danya Greenfield and David Kramer stress in a Washington Post Op-Ed that the U.S. threatens its efforts to curb extremism by focusing too heavily on counter terrorism operations in the country. " By focusing primarily on acute, ...
April 2, 2013
Category: Democracy Promotion, Featured, Political transition, US foreign policy, Yemen
POMED Notes: “Rethinking U.S. Policy Toward Yemen”
On Tuesday, March 26, the Atlantic Council and the Project on Middle East Democracy hosted a discussion titled "Rethinking U.S. Policy toward Yemen." It was held at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The discussion included Hafez al-Bukari, director of the Yemen Polling Center, Steven Heydemann, Senior Adviser for the Middle East Initiatives, U.S. Institute of Peace, Danya Greenfield, Deputy Director of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, ...
March 27, 2013
Category: Elections, Gulf Cooperation Council, Human Rights, Political transition, Reform, US foreign policy, US politics, Yemen
March 26, 2013
Category: Civil Liberties, Civil Society, Featured, From POMED's Team, Political transition, US foreign policy, US politics, Yemen
Weekly Wire – March 11
POMED's Weekly Wire for March 11th is now available. This week we highlight the following top stories: Deputy Sec. of State Burns Attends Friends of Yemen Meeting Tunisia Announces New Cabinet U.S. Calls for Transparency in UAE Dissidents' Trial Egypt's Parliamentary Elections Delayed; Police Begin Strike Sen. Rubio Critical of Recently Pledged Egypt Aid To continue reading the full Weekly Wire, click here.
Video of the Day: What do ordinary Yemenis want from the transition in Yemen?
The video above comes from Support Yemen, an NGO comprised of "young female and male activists, journalists, videographers, photographers, web designers and bloggers who are devoted to a clear cause which is establishing a democratic civic state where the constitution gives people freedom, equality and social justice to every citizen." The video contains a number of interviews featuring Yemen's of different backgrounds speaking about their expectations for the ongoing political ...
Opposition Groups Create New Coalition in Kuwait
Opposition forces in Kuwait announced the formation of a new alliance Sunday. The Opposition Coalition will bring together a wide spectrum of political groups under one umbrella, with the objective of reinvigorating the country's protest movement. The announcement was ...
March 5, 2013
Category: Civil Liberties, Featured, Gulf, Human Rights, Kuwait, Oman, Political transition, Reform, Yemen
HRW Issues “Inaccurate” Statement, Bahrain Ministry Says
Bahrain's Ministry of Interior issued a press release Saturday rejecting as "wrong and contradictory" a Human Rights Watch (HRW) statement on the country's progress in addressing human rights violations. On a five-day visit ending February 28, Sarah Leah Whitson, ...
March 4, 2013
Category: Bahrain, Civil Liberties, Courts and Judiciary, Featured, Human Rights, Reform, Yemen
Unrest Continues in Yemen, UAE Rejects Academic
On Monday, Yemen's President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi continued his surprise visit to southern Yemen by meeting with officials in Aden and advocating for using the upcoming national dialogue to solve the country's issues. Hadi arrived on Saturday amid Hirak (Southern Movement) ...
February 25, 2013
Category: Civil Liberties, Featured, Gulf, Human Rights, Jordan, Protests, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen
POMED’s Weekly Wire – February 25
POMED's Weekly Wire newsletter for the week of February 25th is now available. In this edition, we cover the following top stories: Sec. Kerry Preps for Egypt Visit, Morsi Announces Election Date Sen. Corker Meets with Tunisian Officials, New PM Chosen Lebanese Legislative Committees Approve Draft Elec. Law Yemeni Dialogue Planning Stalls amid Resignations, Protester Deaths Iranian Supreme Leader Meets with Reformists To continue reading the full Weekly Wire, click here.