Video of the Day: Iran’s Pre-Election Crackdown on Journalists

This video from the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran examines the crackdown on journalists leading up to Iran's June elections. 

POMED Video of the Day: Michele Dunne, Tamara Wittes on Egypt

In an interview with Egyptian channel CBC, Michelle Dunne, Director of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, and Tamara Wittes, Director of the Brookings' Saban Center for the Middle East discuss the current situation in Egypt. Topics of focus include U.S. policy towards Egypt, the Egyptian opposition, and ongoing negotiations between Egypt and the International Monetary Fund.

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State Department Human Rights Country Report: Iraq

The annual State Department report on human rights practices in Iraq details a host of human rights concerns in 2012 attributed to a weakened government, increased sectarian and societal divisions and a culture of impunity and widespread corruption that ...

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State Department Human Rights Country Report: Egypt

The State Department's 2012 report on human rights practices in Egypt notes a host of concerns resulting from the country's 2011 revolution and transition to democracy. Among the most problematic were the increased vulnerability of women and minorities ...

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State Department Human Rights Country Report: UAE

The 2012 State Department report on human rights practices in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said that the most significant problems were "arbitrary arrests, incommunicado detentions, and lengthy pretrial detentions; limitations on citizens’ civil liberties (including the freedoms of speech, press, assembly, ...

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Congressmen Seek Conditions on U.S. Aid to Egypt

On Thursday, five Congressmen sent a letter to the House State and Foreign Operation Subcommittee on Appropriations requesting that it "include language to provide specific benchmarks and, moreover, an overall strategy for U.S. foreign aid to Egypt" in its ...

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State Department Human Rights Country Report: Tunisia

The State Department released its 2012 Human Rights Practices Report for Tunisia, which details a number of challenges including “security force laxity regarding extremist crimes, the use of excessive force during protester arrests, and some constraints on freedom of ...

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State Department Human Rights Country Report: Kuwait

The annual State Department human rights report on Kuwait described the Gulf country's principal human rights problems as "limitations on citizens’ right to change their government; restrictions on freedom of speech and assembly, especially among foreign workers and stateless Arabs ...

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State Department Human Rights Country Report: Jordan

The State Department released its annual report on human rights in Jordan and concluded that the most significant human rights problems were: "citizens’ inability to peacefully change their government, reflected throughout the year in weekly demonstrations calling for various ...

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Egypt Prosecutor Questions Opposition Figures on Recent Clashes

Egyptian prosecutors summoned opposition figures for questioning over Friday's violent protests. The investigation followed President Mohamed Morsi's speech on Sunday in which he vowed to hold accountable anyone found to have incited the violence. The summons is

POMED Notes: “Human Rights and Rule of Law in Egypt’s Young Democracy”

The Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East hosted a discussion titled "Human Rights and Rule of Law in Egypt’s Young Democracy" with Heba Morayef, Egypt Director for Human Rights Watch, and Mahmoud Salem, Egyptian political activist and founder of the blog “Rantings of a Sandmonkey.” Amy Hawthorne, incoming Senior Fellow at the Rafik Hariri Center, moderated the discussion, and Tarek Radwan, Associate Director for Research at the ...

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Rubio Proposes New Conditions for Egypt Aid

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) submitted an amendment to H.R. 933 placing conditions on two forms of U.S. assistance to Egypt unless the country adopts economic reforms and human rights safeguards. The amendment will also begin a comprehensive, long-term reevaluation of ...

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Obama Speaks with Morsi, Opposition Boycotts Elections

President Barack Obama spoke with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on the phone yesterday.  A White House statement said that the President reaffirmed America's "strong commitment to the Egyptian people as they continue their transition to democracy," and that he emphasized Morsi's ...

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U.S. Congressmen Send Morsi Letter on NGO Law

Congressman Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY), the top Democrat on the committee, wrote a letter to President Mohamed Morsi on Friday expressing serious concern regarding a draft NGO ...

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U.S. “Regrets,” Rights Groups Condemn Bahrain Sentences

In reaction to a Bahraini court's decision on Monday to uphold the sentences of 13 prominent dissidents, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said, "we regret today’s decision by the Bahraini Court of Cassation." She added, "we’re concerned that ...

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Egyptian Court Postpones NGO Trial

The trial of 43 NGO employees in Egypt, the proceedings of which have been denounced by U.S. officials, has been postponed until December 2. The employees were charged with “leading unregistered organizations and receiving illegal foreign funding.” However, ...

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Iranian Activists Awarded Human Rights Prize

The European Union awarded its Sakharov Prize for Human Rights and Freedom of Thought to two Iranian activists on October 26. Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and filmmaker Jafar Panahi, both currently imprisoned by the Iranian regime, were awarded the ...

POMED Notes – Women After the Arab Awakening: Making Change

On Thursday (10/25), The Brookings Institution co-hosted a panel discussion with Vital Voices Global Partnership and Project on Middle East Democracy entitled “Women After the Arab Awakening.” The panel included Souad Slaoui, of the Isis Center in Morocco; Randa Naffa, of Sadaqa in Jordan; Marianne Ibrahim, of al-Gisr Center for Development in Egypt; and Lina Ahmad, of the Lebanese League for Women in Business. Tamara Cofman Wittes, Director of the Saban Center for Middle ...

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Broadening U.S. Engagement With the Middle East

Stephen McInerney, Executive Director of the Project on Middle East Democracy, wrote a recent article in the Huffington Post encouraging the "United States to embrace the historic changes in the by taking action to support democratic transitions ...

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Continuing Challenges to Morsi’s Leadership

Mohammed Morsi continues to face criticism regarding his time in office. A Cairo based human rights group, Nadim Center, reported that the Egyptian president has failed to meet his promise of reducing abuses by security forces. The group reports that ...

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