Briefing Paper: Jordan's 2024 Parliamentary Elections and the Growing Power...
العربيJordan's parliamentary elections in September 2024 attracted global media attention due to the plurality of votes for the country's leading Islamist political party, the Islamic Action Front,...
View ArticleTunisia: Release Rached Ghannouchi, Unjustly Imprisoned Political Leader
Prosecution of Ghannouchi, Ennahda party members follows pattern of attacks on all of Tunisia's political opposition (Washington D.C., April 17, 2025) — Tunisian authorities should immediately release...
View ArticleJordan: End Arbitrary Confinement of Prince Hamzah
Fourth Anniversary of King Abdullah II Unlawfully Detaining His Half-brother, Prince Hamzah (Washington D.C., April 25, 2025) – Jordanian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release...
View ArticleDAWN Statement on U.S. Airstrikes in Yemen, Escalating Violence and War Crimes
In response to the U.S. airstrike today that killed at least 68 African migrants at a detention center in Saada, Yemen, following another U.S. attack earlier this month that killed 74 Yemenis at the...
View ArticleNew York Federal Court: DAWN Urges Court to Reject Legal Attack on Human...
Sanctioned Israeli Settler Uses Meritless Legal Effort to Stifle Free Speech (New York, NY, April 30, 2025) – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York should dismiss a retaliatory...
View ArticleDAWN Statement on Morocco's Imprisonment of Activist Mohamed Boustati for...
In response to a Moroccan court's decision to uphold a one-year prison sentence against activist Mohamed Boustati for Facebook posts criticizing Saudi Arabia's policy on Gaza, DAWN issues the...
View ArticleDAWN Statement on New Information Identifying Shireen Abu Akleh's Killer
In response to news reports identifying Israeli soldier Alon Skagiu, at the time a sniper in the Duvdevan special forces unit of the Israel Defense Forces who was later killed in an unrelated...
View ArticleDAWN Statement on President Trump's Scheduled Visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar,...
(Washington, DC, May 12, 2025) – In response to President Trump's scheduled visits to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the U.A.E., DAWN issued the following statement:"President Trump's willingness to...
View ArticleDAWN Statement on UK, France, and Canada Response to Gaza Genocide
(Washington, D.C., May 20, 2025) — In response to the joint statement issued by the governments of the United Kingdom, France, and Canada on May 19, 2025 asking Israel to stop its renewed military...
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