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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
Human RightsPalestine June 8, 2009

HRW: Israeli crimes in Gaza, Lebanon shame on humanity

Richard Dicker, the director of Human Rights Watch’s international justice program, has described the Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip and south Lebanon as a shame on humanity.
ActivitesObamaPalestine June 8, 2009

Meshaal on Obama speech: Good, but–

A couple of hours ago I finished an hour-long, on-the-record interview here in Damascus with the head of Hamas’s political bureau, Khaled Meshaal.
ActivitesElection Coverage June 8, 2009

EU elections: Anti-Islam party big winner

Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam party PVV is the big winner in the European elections in the Netherlands with almost 17% of the vote.
ActivitesHuman RightsObama June 7, 2009

EGYPT:’Obama Talks Democracy, Endorses Dictatorship’

Egyptian officials are lining up to praise U.S. President Barack Obama’s address to the Islamic world delivered in Cairo Thursday. But local campaigners for political reform say the speech was
ActivitesHuman RightsObamaPalestine June 7, 2009

US-MIDEAST: Hamas Leader to Obama: Deeds, Not Words

The head of Hamas’s political bureau, Khaled Meshaal, gave a qualified welcome here Thursday to the big speech that Pres. Barack Obama addressed to the Muslim world in Cairo.