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ActivitesElection Coverage June 8, 2009

Mauritania Delays Elections to Strengthen Democracy

Elections scheduled for tomorrow in Mauritania have been postponed in order to form a transitional government and encourage broader participation.
ActivitesLebanonPalestine June 8, 2009

Livni: Democracy Means More Than Just Elections

In an opinion piece for the New York Times, the head of Kadima, the Israeli opposition party, Tzipi Livni applauds Barack Obama’s assertion that “Elections do not make true democracy”
ActivitesHuman RightsObama June 8, 2009

Actions Speak Louder than Words: Response to Obama

The Los Angeles Times today commended President Obama for his rhetorical spirit that “moved mountains in the land of Muhammad,” but the substance of his speech has been harvested by
Other Opinions June 8, 2009

No Difference Between Amr Khaled, Ayman El-Zawahry

Egypt is in need of a thousand Amr Khaleds to combat poverty, backwardness, injustice, and extremism, but it has become fed up with Khaled. In fact, for Egypt, moderate models
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine June 8, 2009

New committee against judaization schemes inaugurates its work in Jerusalem

The Jerusalemite committee against demolition and relocation (Hema) declared the inauguration of its formal work on Saturday, stressing that its establishment is aimed to defend occupied Jerusalem against the Israeli
ActivitesHuman RightsObama June 8, 2009

Did Obama Fail to Deliver?

In one of the most anticipated events in Islam-West relations, Barack Obama, the US president, addressed Muslims from Cairo University in Egypt on June 4.
ActivitesHuman RightsIran June 8, 2009

Freedom House Looks at Who is Undermining Democracy

In conjunction with a symposium held yesterday, Freedom House, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe, and Radio Liberty have launched
Human RightsObama June 8, 2009

From the Advocacy Crowd: Welcoming Obama’s Speech

Human Rights Watch called President Obama’s speech to the Muslim world “a welcome message that Washington would not let the prospect of empowering Islamist parties deter it from supporting democracy
ActivitesHuman RightsObama June 8, 2009

Obama’s Cairo speech an event of historic proportions

The coverage from Thursday’s speech in Cairo from our media has its usual array of amusing elements. The Yahoo headline stated Obama was offering an unclenched fist to the Muslim
ActivitesHuman Rights June 8, 2009

ROUNDTABLE INTERVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT

THE PRESIDENT: So I know that we only have half an hour and I want to make sure that everybody has time for questions. So I’m not going to make