Y'all know POMED and The Freedom Initiative merged and created Middle East Democracy Center, right?.... And that democracy, freedom, self-determination, and human rights in the MENA matter more than ever? Check us out!

'This new prohibition would block the remaining $300,000 the Biden admin recently suspended + any aid from the supplemental' - Seth Binder.

Note admin's own comment via John Kirby: allegations of Oct 7 involvement “shouldn’t impugn the entire agency… [they] do important work.”

“With US credibility on democracy & human rights low in the middle east...we have to...make sustainable progress on fighting authoritarianism, even if it's with some of our friends.'

MEDC's Tess McEnery on what's at stake for democracy in the Middle East in 2024 at International Republican Institute.

In POLITICO's NatSec Daily, CIVIC & Project on Middle East Democracy led a 17-organization statement opposing a bill from Rep. Waltz to undermine oversight and accountability for US arms sales. It is scheduled for committee mark-up on Tuesday.

politico.com/newsletters/na…

Can you believe that this title is totally acceptable The New York Times and it was published just today?!
Thomas L. Friedman talks about the Middle East as “animal kingdom”?!

It will never get more racist, supremacist, orientalist and colonialist than this.
What’s more absurd and ironic here…

In a new bipartisan emergency supplemental bill, 4 months into this war, Senators added reporting requirements & other oversight, but only on humanitarian aid for Palestinians—still NO reporting or conditions on aid to Israel, which remains largely unchanged from Biden's request.

'The Saudi government consistently stands in direct opposition to our values of democracy and freedom,' MEDC's عبدالله العودة writes to the The Washington Post.

'We cannot help Saudi Arabia get away with its latest sportswashing scheme.'

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Today, the Middle East Democracy Center joined CIVIC & 15 others to oppose HR 6609 out of concern for the loss of congressional visibility into, oversight of, and influence on arms transfers to foreign governments.

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My LTE at the Washington Post today: D.C. United should sever its Saudi ties - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

D.C. United should sever its Saudi ties, writes the Middle East Democracy Center’s عبدالله العودة in The Washington Post.

“We cannot help Saudi Arabia get away with its latest sportswashing scheme.”
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

📢Starting at 11:00AM ET: Join the Middle East Democracy Center's Tess McEnery and others for a discussion on the opportunities & challenges facing elections around the world. twitter.com/patrickwquirk/…

Biden's Conventional Arms Transfer policy prohibits arms transfers if it is 'more likely than not' that the arms would 'aggravate RISKS that the recipient will commit:  genocide.' The International Court of Justice said today that such claims are 'plausible.'

The Biden administration has repeatedly said it opposes a buffer zone and reduction in territory in Gaza, but Israel is moving ahead anyway, including by destroying civilian infrastructure. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/…

The Middle East Democracy Center (formerly Project on Middle East Democracy & The Freedom Initiative) is proud to join Oxfam International, CIVIC, & other leading organizations to call on all states to immediately halt the transfer of arms to Israel & Palestinian armed groups. #StopSendingArms
thefreedomi.org/statements/joi…

The Middle East Democracy Center (formerly Project on Middle East Democracy & The Freedom Initiative) is proud to join Oxfam International, CIVIC, & other leading organizations to call on all states to immediately halt the transfer of arms to Israel & Palestinian armed groups. #StopSendingArms

pomed.org/publication/jo…

The Biden admin argues that its 'coalition' attacks in Yemen on Houthi targets are a commitment to uphold the rules-based international order. But in not seeking authorization from the UN for such sustained strikes, the US only further weakens it.

Badr Mohamed was unjustly convicted in January 2023 in connection to protests & sentenced to 5 years in prison.

The Middle East Democracy Center (formerly Project on Middle East Democracy & The Freedom Initiative) join 11 other organizations in calling on #Egyptian authorities to #FreeBadr .
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Join International Republican Institute on 1/30 to examine the stakes as nearly 1/2 the world's population will vote in 2024. Keynote by USAID/DRG Shannon N Green. Panel w/ Dan Negrea Atlantic Council, Rebecca Bill Chavez The Inter-American Dialogue, Tess McEnery Project on Middle East Democracy, Johanna Kao, Will Meeker
iri.org/events/2024-ye…

Badr Mohamed was unjustly convicted in January 2023 in connection to protests & sentenced to 5 years in prison.

The Middle East Democracy Center (formerly The Freedom Initiative & Project on Middle East Democracy) join 11 other organizations in calling on #Egyptian authorities to #FreeBadr .
thefreedomi.org/statements/joi…