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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

6 months

If Biden admin truly believes the Israeli govt “isn't doing enough to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza,” it can follow US law and invoke Sec. 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act, which prohibits security assistance to any country that restricts the delivery of US humanitarian aid.

Barak Ravid

@BarakRavid

6 months

New: Biden is frustrated and "running out" of patience with Netanyahu as Gaza war hits 100 days, U.S. officials tell me. My story on @axios

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The Saudi crown prince, a brutal ruler of an unelected monarchy, kidnapped the sitting prime minister of Lebanon and forced him to resign. A statement about “sovereignty” and “elections in compliance with the constitution” ring hollow coming from his government.

U.S. State Dept - Near Eastern Affairs

@StateDept_NEA

2 years

The United States, France, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia met today at #UNGA to express continuing support for Lebanon’s sovereignty, security, and stability.

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@seth_binder

2 years

This isn't the "triumph of realpolitik over moral outrage," as the article notes, it's a shortsighted calculation (to secure more oil) that risks further emboldening MBS's domestic & international recklessness and repression, and therefore long-term stability across the region.

New York Times World

@nytimesworld

2 years

Breaking News: President Biden plans to travel to Saudi Arabia this month to rebuild relations in an effort to lower gas prices in the U.S. and isolate Russia.

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@seth_binder

9 months

New Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ben Cardin joins Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Gregory Meeks in blocking the $235 million in military aid to Egypt conditioned on human rights.

CGTN America

@cgtnamerica

9 months

U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Cardin says he will block military aid to Egypt until it takes steps to improve human rights - Reuters

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@seth_binder

2 years

With this sale, the Biden admin has now authorized nearly $6 billion in arms to Egypt since the beginning of this year - 3rd most to any country in the world, despite it failing to meet modest human rights conditions placed on $130 million in military aid at the end of last year.

Political-Military Affairs, US Dept of State

@StateDeptPM

2 years

. @StateDept authorizes a proposed Foreign Military Sales case for #Egypt to purchase up to 23 CH-47F Chinook helicopters and related equipment for an estimated cost of $2.6 billion. #FMSUpdate --

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@seth_binder

2 years

The admin justifies arms sales to Saudi Arabia, in part, for the safety of the 70,000 Americans living there. When the Saudis cut oil, the admin promises “consequences.” But when American citizens are arrested by the Saudi government, the admin is just “aware.”

Elizabeth Hagedorn

@ElizHagedorn

2 years

"We're aware of the reports that Ms. Morris has been detained," @StateDeptSpox says. US Embassy in Riyadh is "very engaged on this case."

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@seth_binder

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Senate Democrats released their emergency supplemental bill. The foreign aid package includes unprecedented privileges for Israel, above & beyond what any other country receives, even though most Senate Dems have questions about Israel’s execution of its war against Hamas. A 🧵

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@seth_binder

5 months

24 Senate Rs call for no aid to UNRWA in the emergency supplemental & get it. For the Dems: 49 ask for a provision supporting 2-state solution; 22 ask for Israel aid notification loophole to be removed; & 18 ask for report on Israel compliance w/ US & Int'l law & get none of it.

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@seth_binder

6 months

Shortly before Secretary Blinken met with Sisi, the State Department notified Congress of two major arms sales for Egypt valued at $329 million for light tactical vehicles and patrol boats.

Secretary Antony Blinken

@SecBlinken

6 months

I met with Egyptian President El Sisi in Cairo to discuss joint efforts to accelerate life-saving humanitarian assistance into Gaza. I reiterated the United States’ commitment to regional peace and security that includes the establishment of a Palestinian state.

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@seth_binder

2 years

The ambassadors of the G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, U.S., and EU) call on Egypt to issue a "clear and unanimous condemnation" of Russia's unprovoked invasion and support Ukraine's "territorial integrity and sovereignty."

G7 Ambassadors: We Must Stand with Ukraine

March 1, 2022 The Ambassadors of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the EU in Cairo. With the military

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@seth_binder

3 years

Today, @ChrisMurphyCT provided powerful remarks calling on the admin not to release $300 million in military aid to Egypt conditioned on human rights. He said, "it won’t fundamentally harm U.S. interests in the Middle East. It will only make us more safe."

Murphy Delivers Remarks Calling for U.S. to Withhold Aid to Egypt...

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

2 years

It’s increasingly clear that Saudi & UAE governments are aggressively trying to shape public narrative in which Biden is to blame for the tense relationship by failing to adequately address their concerns, not their own domestic & foreign actions that have undermined US interests

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@seth_binder

8 months

The Egyptian government is trying to take advantage of the war in Gaza to target one of the only remaining independent media sites left in Egypt.

Mada Masr مدى مصر

@MadaMasr

8 months

🔴 عاجل: «الأعلى للإعلام»: إحالة «مدى مصر» للنيابة العامة وحجب الموقع 6 أشهر قرر المجلس الأعلى لتنظيم الإعلام، قبل قليل، إحالة «مدى مصر» للنيابة العامة، وحجب الموقع ورابطه الإلكتروني لمدة ستة أشهر، وذلك «لممارسته النشاط الإعلامي دون الحصول على ترخيص بذلك من المجلس بالمخالفة

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@seth_binder

5 years

"Democracy promotion and human-rights advocacy are not soft, fuzzy values driven by our altruism for others; they are hard American interests in the 21st century. A world with more democracies is a safer and more prosperous place." - @ChrisMurphyCT

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@seth_binder

2 years

This is true, this isnt just about human rights as a value 👉"Over and over again, the Saudi government acts in ways that are directly contrary to US security interests, and over and over again, the United States just looks the other way." - @ChrisMurphyCT

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@seth_binder

7 months

2) There are ZERO reporting requirements for any of the military aid for Israel in the bill, in stark contrast to the oversight applied to aid to Ukraine. In fact, it would give the Secretary of State the option to waive normal congressional notifications on FMF.

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@seth_binder

2 years

This is an incredibly important point made by @ChrisMurphyCT in today's hearing on China's role in MENA: "We should not deprioritize political and economic reform priorities in the Middle East for the sake of competing with China. Poor, corrupt, and unequal societies make for...

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@seth_binder

9 months

Sen Cardin on his hold of $235M in military aid to Egypt: “Congress has been clear, through the law, that the government of Egypt’s record on a range of critical human rights issues, good governance, & rule of law must improve if our bilateral relationship is to be sustained.”

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

@SFRCdems

9 months

Chair @SenatorCardin has announced he will block foreign military financing to #Egypt until it takes meaningful steps to improve #HumanRights conditions in the country. "My hold on current funds will remain until specific human rights progress is made."

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@seth_binder

6 years

Despite recent US certification and its justification citing the $750 million sale of training to help the Saudi Air Force decrease civilian casualties in June 2017—the % of airstrikes on civilian targets has actually INCREASED (1/

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@seth_binder

10 months

In Fox News' interview with Saudi Crown Prince MBS, he threatens the Biden admin that a security guarantee "document" is needed for Saudi to remain committed to buying US arms, saying "you dont want to see Saudi Arabia shifting the armament from America to other place."

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@seth_binder

3 months

The Biden administration's months-long proclamations that Israel is not doing enough to protect Palestinian civilians or allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, but are not violating US law & policy defies logic. End this charade and enforce the law.

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@seth_binder

3 years

US gov has provided $1.7 billion for the Iron Dome since 2011 & has committed to fund it every yr until at least 2028. This yr Congress provided $73 million for Iron Dome procurement. $1 billion is about 14 times more than this year & 60 percent of what US provided over a decade.

Lara Friedman

@LaraFriedmanDC

3 years

It is surreal watching the GOP & its backers slam Dems because some of them oppose including $1 billion (yes, billion) for Israel/Iron Dome in a bill...that Republicans will all be voting against anyway...

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2 years

My comments on US decision: "This is the right thing to do, but unfortunately the impact and effectiveness of this decision is undermined by simultaneously moving forward with arms sales, nearly 20 times more than the amount being reprogramed"

US to block millions for Egypt over human rights | CNN Politics

The Biden administration has decided to deny $130 million of military aid allocated for Egypt over the country’s failure to comply with human rights conditions laid out by the State Department,...

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@seth_binder

7 months

“Secretary of State Antony Blinken once said of the war in Ukraine that the targeting of heat, water and electricity was a ‘brutalization of Ukraine’s people’ and ‘barbaric.’ The Biden administration should acknowledge that the same holds true in Gaza.”

Opinion | We Are No Strangers to Human Suffering, but We’ve Seen Nothing Like the Siege of Gaza

Global leaders and especially the U.S. government must understand we cannot save lives in Gaza under these conditions.

www.nytimes.com

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@seth_binder

9 months

Today is Ayman Moussa’s 10th year in an Egyptian prison, of a 15-year sentence, simply for peacefully protesting. He is one of tens of thousands who remain locked behind bars in Egypt due to the regime’s cruelty. #FreeThemAll

Opinion | My friend kept me human in prison. Please don’t forget him.

When the powers that be seek to stomp on the souls of political prisoners, only one act of resistance remains: to remember.

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@seth_binder

5 months

US law prohibits military aid to any country that restricts US humanitarian assistance. Biden's new National Security Memorandum requires Israel to promise—as Axios reports Netanyahu did weeks ago—not to restrict or impede humanitarian aid. Biden needs to enforce the law.

Barak Ravid

@BarakRavid

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Scoop: Israeli minister blocking flour Netanyahu promised Biden would be allowed into Gaza. My story on @axios

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@seth_binder

7 months

1) The entire $3.5 billion in Foreign Military Financing for Israel could be used to purchase arms from Israel’s domestic industry, known as Off-Shore Procurement. Previously no more that 30% of FMF could be used for OSP & the current MOU intentionally phases out this privilege.

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@seth_binder

3 years

Thank you @ChrisMurphyCT ! We at @POMED , & 13 other rights groups, also urge the admin not to use the waiver on $300M in military aid to Egypt conditioned on human rights. This is a genuine opportunity to put human rights at the center of the relationship.

Chris Murphy 🟧

@ChrisMurphyCT

3 years

FYI: Tomorrow I am going to the floor of the Senate to make the case for why the Biden Admin should not waive human rights conditions on security funding for Egypt. Now is the time to show the world the U.S. is willing to act, not just preach, on human rights and democracy.

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@seth_binder

2 years

In today's nomination hearing, the nominee to be US ambassador to Saudi Arabia made an unsubstantiated claim that Saudi Arabia has made "a bit of progress" on "freedom of expression, the rights of women, judicial transparency."

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@seth_binder

7 months

3) It would change the law to allow the Secretary of Defense to “determine” the cost to Israel of any arms it uses from the War Reserve Stockpile rather than requiring the US to charge the “fair market value.”

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@seth_binder

7 months

5) This loophole would expand upon a 2021 law that allowed DOD to restock precision-guided munitions without limit and which Israel has reportedly already taken advantage of during this war.

How Israel Got an Endless Supply of U.S.-Made Smart Bombs

Nearly three years ago, Congress gave Israel a pass to stockpile precision-guided bombs “without regard to annual limits.” An inside source confirms that even more have been transferred since October...

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@seth_binder

1 year

Echoing the calls of 23 civil society & human rights orgs, 10 Senators led by @ChrisMurphyCT call on the Biden admin not to provide the $320 million in military aid for Egypt conditioned on human rights.

Murphy Leads 10 Senators in Urging Biden Administration to Withhold Military Aid to Egypt Given...

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations...

www.murphy.senate.gov

Middle East Democracy Center

@MideastDC

1 year

Today, POMED & 22 other organizations sent a letter to the Biden administration urging them not to provide $320M in FY2022 military aid to Egypt in light of the country's failure to meet the human rights conditions placed on the funds.

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@seth_binder

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4) It would remove the $200 million cap on how much arms the US could put in the War Reserve Stockpile in Israel for Fiscal Year 2024, allowing DOD to restock as much as it wants into Israel, without restriction, and then charge whatever it wants if Israel uses the equipment.

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@seth_binder

6 months

Another major arms sale for Israel that bypasses congressional oversight. These munitions cannot be used discriminately in Gaza according to @OxfamAmerica and contradicts the admin’s stated desire to see Israel transition away from major combat operations.

Political-Military Affairs, US Dept of State

@StateDeptPM

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. @StateDept 🇺🇸 authorizes a proposed Foreign Military Sale #FMS to 🇮🇱 #Israel for the purchase of M107 155mm projectiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $147.5 million. #FMSUpdate --

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@seth_binder

8 months

A former senior State Department official overseeing US arms transfers and the very man who created the Leahy Law, retired Senator Patrick Leahy, have now challenged the Biden administration on failing to apply the Leahy law in Israel.

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@seth_binder

2 years

Two new arms deals for Egypt valued at more than $2.5 billion announced by the State Department on the same day Congress is calling on the Biden administration to reprogram $130 million in military aid away from Egypt for failing to meet human rights conditions.

Mahmoud Gamal

@mahmouedgamal44

2 years

Breaking: U.S. state Department has just approved a possible foreign military sale of 12 C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft and related equipment to Egypt at an estimated cost of $2.2 billion.

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@seth_binder

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6) It would provide $1.2 billion for research and development for the Iron Beam, a not-yet operational laser system. In comparison, in the first decade of support for the Iron Dome from 2011-2021, the US provided $1.6 billion.

What is Israel’s Iron Beam?

Deployment of a new laser system for air defence is being accelerated

www.economist.com

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@seth_binder

10 months

For anyone who has ever argued that the Egyptian government doesn’t care that much about US military aid, please read this.

Andrew Desiderio

@AndrewDesiderio

10 months

According to the indictment, Menendez: —“secretly edited and ghost-wrote” a letter asking other senators to lift holds on military aid to Egypt, on Egypt’s behalf —sent the letter from his personal email account —deleted the email from his wife asking him to write it

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@seth_binder

2 years

The White House has announced that President Biden will travel to Egypt on November 11, the same day Egyptian authorities are aggressively trying to prevent a protest from happening. President Biden should publicly call on Sisi’s govt to protect the right of Egyptians to protest.

Sharif Kouddous شريف عبد القدوس

@sharifkouddous

2 years

Pre #COP27 crackdown: For past 10 days, people being arrested & taken to State Security prosecution on suspicion of calling for protests on 11/11. Others being summoned & questioned by Nat Sec. about who is behind protest calls, whether taking part, etc. Acc to lawyer Khaled Ali

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@seth_binder

3 years

“This was a big missed opportunity to stand up strongly & unequivocally for human rights. Egypt had almost 2 years to meet the human rights improvements required by Congress, but arguably the situation on the ground in Egypt has gotten worse” @ChrisMurphyCT

Murphy on Administration's Decision to Send Aid to Egypt Despite Human Rights Concerns | U.S....

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign...

www.murphy.senate.gov

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@seth_binder

4 months

. @AOC on Israel’s restrictions of humanitarian aid into Gaza: “The time is now to force compliance with US law and the standards of humanity & fulfill our obligations to the American people to suspend the transfer of US weapons to the Israel government.”

User Clip: AOC Gaza Genocide

AOC Gaza Genocide

www.c-span.org

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@seth_binder

1 year

Yesterday, Senate Appropriators passed the State & Foreign Ops bill in an overwhelmingly bipartisan fashion. The bill's military aid for Egypt contrasts starkly with the House bill and demonstrates growing concern among Senators for the human rights situation in Egypt. A 🧵

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@seth_binder

10 months

Earlier today, on the Senate floor, @ChrisMurphyCT in an excellent speech, called on the Biden administration to withhold the full $320 million in military aid to Egypt conditioned on human rights.

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@seth_binder

1 year

In response to the 3 year sentence of Egyptian human rights defender Patrick George Zaki, we are already seeing Egyptians suspend their participation in President Sisi's National Dialogue and the international community call for his release. 🧵

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@seth_binder

4 years

This is terrible. While his family is being detained in Egypt as punishment for his pursuit of justice, the State Dept is giving immunity to the man alleged to be responsible for torturing @soltanlife

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@seth_binder

2 years

. @SenatorLeahy deserves a lot of credit for pushing back. The admin’s determination that the Egypt’s gov had made “clear and consistent” progress was not credible. Ultimately, this sends a strong message to Sisi’s regime that it must address Congress’s concerns over human rights.

Hümeyra Pamuk

@humeyra_pamuk

2 years

NEW: Egypt has missed out on an additional $75 million in military aid after U.S. senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, put a hold on the funding, rejecting State Dept’s assessment that Cairo made progress on political prisoners and due process.

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@seth_binder

3 years

If democracy and human rights is going to be placed "at the center of our foreign policy" as the Biden administration has repeatedly emphasized, then it cannot continue to contrast it with U.S. national interests—it must be a national interest.

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@seth_binder

3 years

U.S. advocacy on human rights can make a difference.

Mohamed Soltan | محمد سلطان

@soltan

3 years

Thank you @POTUS for uttering @LoujainHathloul ’s name before MBS’s at the pentagon!

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@seth_binder

9 months

8 more Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee join Ranking Member @RepGregoryMeeks in calling for a hold on the $235 million in military aid to Egypt conditioned on human rights.

Reps. Crow, Jacobs, Phillips, Castro, Titus, Wild, Keating, and Connolly Statement Urging Biden to...

WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability, with Representatives Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Dean Phillips...

crow.house.gov

House Foreign Affairs Committee Dems

@HouseForeign

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RM @RepGregoryMeeks : Today, I requested the @StateDept pause a portion of US military financing to Egypt that is conditioned on human rights criteria. Congress needs more clarity from @StateDept on how concerns about treatment of political prisoners, journalists, as well as the

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@seth_binder

6 months

This response indicates that the U.S. government has in fact already made a legal determination on Israel's conduct in the ongoing war - something it repeatedly says it has not done.

Prem Thakker

@prem_thakker

6 months

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby calls South Africa’s 84-page suit accusing Israel of genocide “meritless, counterproductive, and completely without any basis in fact whatsoever.”

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@seth_binder

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ElBaker, a human rights lawyer, is one of a handful identified by the State Department in their #WithoutJustCause campaign, launched just 3 months ago. He has been wrongfully detained since 2019. #FreeBaker

#WithoutJustCause Political Prisoners Campaign - United States Department of State

Here we share the stories of people who have been imprisoned for exercising their human rights. These individuals highlight the growing authoritarian efforts to silence dissent and suppress fundame...

www.state.gov

Mona Seif

@Monasosh

1 year

Mohamed ElBaker's lawyer received news he was assaulted in prison and sent to "disciplinary cell"! These are extremely worrying news Mohamed is a dear friend, he is Alaa's lawyer, in the same case (he was taken while he was attending the interrogations with Alaa) #FreeBaker

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@seth_binder

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The bill:

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@seth_binder

2 years

“Moroccan authoritarianism is not only using the judiciary & penal system to intimidate the opposition and rein in independent journalism, it is also successfully weaponizing public defamation through newspapers & media outlets that are openly loyal to the regime.” - @AHamamouchi

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1 year

This is what ‘women’s empowerment’ in Saudi Arabia looks like: “Women’s rights are for those who will enforce the narrative of the state, but women who challenge that are being locked up.” - @Hala_Aldosari

Saudi Arabia’s Vanished Princesses

King Abdullah allegedly imprisoned four of his daughters. After his death, the princesses’ supporters say, they disappeared.

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@seth_binder

2 years

If you have not already, please take 25 minutes today to listen to @ChrisMurphyCT interview the tireless @Monasosh & @sana2 advocate for the release of their brother Alaa Abdel Fattah & raise awareness of the human rights situation in Egypt ahead of #COP27 #FreeAlaa

Chris Murphy 🟧

@ChrisMurphyCT

2 years

TUNE IN: I'm live with Egyptian activists @sana2 and @Monasosh to discuss how we can use COP 27 as an opportunity to push for human rights reform in Egypt.

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Since the Egyptian government pardoned Ahmed Douma, it has harassed a media outlet for covering a corruption story, arrested a prominent political opponent over alleged defamation, and taken hostage parents of two Egyptian activists based in Europe.

Seth Binder

@seth_binder

11 months

Secretary Blinken in his 2nd call with Egypt's Foreign Minister in 3 weeks: "The Secretary welcomed the recent release of activist Ahmed Douma and others and reaffirmed the importance of progress on human rights to strengthening the U.S.-Egypt partnership"

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1 year

How the US responds to this provocation will be critical. The first principle in the Biden admin’s new National Security Strategy for the Middle East emphasizes partnering with countries that subscribe to the rules-based international order. This is a direct challenge to that.

Evan Hill

@evanhill

1 year

🚨Egypt planned to manufacture and supply up to 40,000 rockets for Russia and keep it secret from "the West." New exclusive from the US intelligence leaks from me, @missy_ryan & @siobhan_ogrady :

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2 years

The Biden admin could either let them win their obstinate tantrum and succumb to their demands, or it could note that, given the circumstances, the US gov has actually done far more than it needed to or should have done and reevaluate the supposed value of these relationships.

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US arms transfer policy prohibits transfers if it’s “more likely than not…to aggravate risks that the recipient will commit…serious violations of international humanitarian or human rights law.” The Dutch high court has now suspended transfers to Israel for this very reason.

Lydia de Leeuw

@LydiaDeLeeuw

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High court find that there is "a clear risk of grave violations of international humanitarian law" by Israel, and it's "sufficiently plausible" that F35 planes are used in these violations.

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This incredible reporting by @ddk_nyc has so much in it: transnational repression, corruption, digital authoritarianism. All of it led by the UAE government, with one of its main victims an American citizen.

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@seth_binder

3 years

In light of recent news, it's worth noting that the harassment, detention, trial, and now conviction of @OmarRADI (and @StitouImad ) all began after @amnesty documented that Radi was targeted by the NSO Group's Pegasus spyware. #FreeKoulchi

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@seth_binder

2 years

Today is Mohamed el-Baqer's birthday, the 3rd one spent unjustly in prison. He is an Egyptian human rights lawyer who recently received the International Bar Association's Ebru Timtik Award & the International Association of Lawyers Rule of Law Award for his work. #FreeBaqer

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@seth_binder

2 years

. @ChrisMurphyCT on Senate floor opposing $300M in military aid to Egypt:"Every day that we continue to send $billions to the Egyptian govt while paying lip service to these egregious human rights violations, it is a blow to our nation's character & credibility around the world."

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

2 years

Yesterday, the Working Group on Egypt called on Sec. Blinken not to release the $130 million in military aid it withheld from the Egyptians in September last year unless it "fully meets" all of the conditions by the administration's deadline of January 30.

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Moroccan journalist Soulaimane Raissouni’s sentence of 5 years, despite the lack of evidence, has been upheld. The US had previously spoken out expressing concern about his case. Unfortunately his appeal has not brought justice.

Abdellatif El Hamamouchi عبد اللطيف الحماموشي

@AHamamouchi

2 years

5 ans de prison ferme pour Soulaimane Raissouni.

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

2 years

Like Soulaimane Raissouni last week, Moroccan authorities have upheld journalist Omar Radi’s sentence of 6 years and his colleague Imad Stitou to 1 year. These trials lacked due process and are a clear indication that the crackdown on a free press continues unabated.

Aida Alami

@AidaAlami

2 years

jugement en première instance confirme: six ans de prison ferme pour omar...

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

5 years

Proud to announce that my book that I co-authored with the indefatigable Eve Sandberg has finally arrived!

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

2 years

Today is @OmarRADI 's birthday. He has been detained by the Moroccan authorities for nearly 2 years & was sentenced to an outrageous 6-year sentence a year ago as a reprisal for his journalism. Sadly, Omar's case exemplifies a continuing pattern by the Moroccan gov. #FreeOmarRadi

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

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The administration appears to be learning nothing, reverting to the same militarized policy that has repeatedly failed in the region: “U.S. Prepares to Lift Ban on Sales of Offensive Weapons to Saudi Arabia”

U.S. Prepares to Lift Ban on Sales of Offensive Weapons to Saudi Arabia

Some lawmakers are likely to oppose the move, but officials said the Biden administration has noted the kingdom’s de facto cease-fire with the Houthi militia in Yemen.

www.nytimes.com

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

2 years

a combustible mix that can quickly cause superficially stable regimes to collapse quickly. In the long run, the most stable countries are democracies, and we should not lose sight of that goal.”

China's Role in the Middle East | United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Meeting for Subcommittee on Near East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism on August 4, 2022 at 6:30 AM For this hearing, the Senate...

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

3 years

House Appropriations State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee released its FY22 foreign aid funding bill before it marks it up tonight. Short #Egypt thread below 👇

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

6 years

I am proud to announce that I am the new Advocacy Officer for @POMED . It will be sad to see @Todd_Ruffner move on & big shoes to fill, but I'm excited for the opportunity.

Andrew Miller

@AndrwPMiller

6 years

I am pleased to welcome @seth_binder to the @POMED team. As an expert on security assistance, he will brings valuable knowledge to our work on U.S. policy toward MENA. Follow him!

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

2 years

This is outrageous. The Saudi government sentenced a 72-year-old US citizen to 16 years in prison and a 16-year travel ban for tweets after arresting and torturing him while he was on a trip to Riyadh to see family. Another horrible example by MBS of how you don’t treat partners.

Josh Rogin

@joshrogin

2 years

Exclusive: Saudi Arabia sentences U.S. citizen to 16 years in prison for tweets by me @washingtonpost

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

3 years

Next Thursday the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission will hold a briefing on the concerning human rights situation in Morocco with panelists @S_Errazzouki , @aboubakrj , & @IntissarFakir

Human Rights and Freedom of Expression in Morocco | Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

Announcement Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a virtual briefing on the current human rights situation in Morocco. Amid large protests in 2011 and popular uprisings that...

humanrightscommission.house.gov

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

3 years

Fellow journalists are going on a symbolic hunger strike in solidarity with imprisoned Moroccan journalists like @OmarRADI and #SoulaimaneRaissouni , who has now been imprisoned for one year and is in dire health after 45 days of a hunger strike. #FreeKoulchi

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

3 years

The Senate Appropriations Committee has released its State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs bill for Fiscal Year 2022, which would provide $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt. Below are some important provisions included (and left out) 👇

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

1 year

Just announced: the Senate Foreign Relations MENA subcommittee is holding a hearing next week on the FY24 foreign aid budget request for the Middle East & North Africa. This is a rare chance for Congress to focus on & ask questions about aid to the region.

FY 2024 BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | United States Senate Committee on...

Meeting for Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism on May 31, 2023 at 6:00 AM

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

4 years

By arbitrarily harassing and arresting @soltanlife 's family members, the Egyptian regime is not only showing it is guilty of torturing Soltan, as he has recently filed in a U.S. court, but also unjustly punishing his family.

U.S. State Dept - Near Eastern Affairs

@StateDept_NEA

4 years

We are concerned about reports that relatives of U.S. citizen and former detainee Mohammad Soltan are facing acts of intimidation in #Egypt . We will continue to monitor the situation and take seriously all allegations of harassment and intimidation.

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

6 months

Wow. It’s one thing to dispute the accuracy of Akbar’s reporting, but a whole other thing to claim that he made up quotes. This questions his professional integrity and very legitimacy as a journalist, something I’ve only ever found to be quite impressive.

Akbar Shahid Ahmed

@AkbarSAhmed

6 months

20 hours after my deadline—now my story has been read by >150k people—WH has sent comment. Spox Adrienne Watson: "This story is not true. Quotes attributed to US officials are made up." Watson played no role in my interviews. My quotes are real. Biden team again echoing Trump.

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

5 months

Nearly four months in, the Biden administration should be doing so much more than simply discussing concerns, which they’ve raised publicly for months. It should be conditioning assistance and support on dramatic improvements and accountability for continued violations.

Hümeyra Pamuk

@humeyra_pamuk

5 months

SCOOP: The United States has created a channel w/ Israel to specifically discuss concerns & seek explanations over incidents in Gaza in which civilians have been killed or injured by the Israeli military and civilian facilities have been targeted, two U.S. officials tell me

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

4 years

CNN finds UAE "cleared" of wrongdoing for illegally transferring US arms in Yemen. But as one official noted: "We believe that the UAE now has a better understanding of its End User Monitoring obligations," i.e. they promised not to do it again.

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

9 months

In today's hearing for US ambassador to Egypt, Sen Cruz spent his time—despite everything happening—attacking Salah Soltan, a US permanent resident unjustly detained in Egypt for the past decade. Sen Merkley responded by reading a powerful letter by Soltan smuggled out of prison.

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

4 years

Enough is enough. Those with leverage over the Moroccan government need to push on the kingdom to end its harassment of @OmarRADI

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

9 months

In the least surprising news to come out of Egypt lately, President al-Sisi announces that he will seek a 3rd presidential term. In 2019, his authoritarian regime pushed through constitutional amendments so he could run in this unfair and unfree election.

Mada Masr مدى مصر

@MadaMasr

9 months

🔴عاجل: الرئيس السيسي يعلن ترشحه لفترة رئاسية ثالثة أعلن الرئيس عبدالفتاح السيسي، منذ قليل، ترشحه لفترة رئاسية ثالثة، في ختام النسخة الثانية من مؤتمر «حكاية وطن»، على غرار إعلان خوضه انتخابات الرئاسة السابقة عام 2018. وعُرضت شاشة مُقسمة أمام السيسي تُظهر الميادين التي نُظمت فيها

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

3 years

I missed this earlier: One day before the House passed its FY22 SFOPS bill, the admin (who says human rights are at the center of its foreign policy) said it "strongly opposes" the bill's human rights conditions on military aid to Egypt. h/t @OswaldRachel

Military aid to Egypt shapes up as key human rights test for Biden

President Joe Biden is aligned with House Republicans, not Democrats, over slapping restrictions on military aid to Egypt.

rollcall.com

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

2 years

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Appropriations bill has been released. Congress will try to pass it before Friday's deadline. Below is a thread on the conditions placed on the military aid for Egypt. Spoiler: Congress has again strengthened the conditions. A 🧵

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

2 years

During remarks in Morocco, Deputy Sec of State Sherman should have raised concerns about press freedom & the detention of Moroccan journalists. This would have sent a strong message to the palace & helped empower other journalists who remain under threat.

Remarks at a Press Availability with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita - United States...

Good afternoon. Thank you for being here. It’s wonderful to be back in Morocco for my first visit as Deputy Secretary of State, and on this day of International Women’s Day, as the Minister said, I...

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

3 years

To look at Khalid bin Salman’s Twitter feed, particularly his pictures with senior US officials, is to understand what the Saudis wanted out of this trip. It’s hard to see how this is even a “recalibration” of the relationship.

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

1 year

The Egyptian regime has now arrested ElBaker’s wife, @Neama_hisham , hours after she posted on social media about her visit with him, discussing the abuse he endured at the hands of Egyptian authorities.

Seth Binder

@seth_binder

1 year

ElBaker, a human rights lawyer, is one of a handful identified by the State Department in their #WithoutJustCause campaign, launched just 3 months ago. He has been wrongfully detained since 2019. #FreeBaker

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

3 years

"The administration has given more money to Sissi than the Trump administration did during its first year in office. This early test for the administration’s credibility and commitment to a rights-centered foreign policy has been a devastating failure." - @soltan

Mohamed Soltan | محمد سلطان

@soltan

3 years

Biden’s decision on Egypt aid is a devastating reminder of how worthless Egyptian lives are to US decision-makers & how unworthy our daily pain & suffering is of their urgency to act swiftly & decisively to end human rights abuses. My latest @PostOpinions

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

2 years

Despite documented evidence (including from @amnesty , @hrw , & @Disclose_ngo ) that Egypt's military has used fighter jets in human rights violations, CENTCOM Commander Gen. McKenzie indicated today the Biden admin intends to sell new fighter jets not currently in Egypt's arsenal.

Jared Szuba

@JM_Szuba

2 years

Breaking: @CENTCOM commander Gen. McKenzie says US will provide the F-15 to #Egypt Approval process was "a long-hard slog," McKenzie says.

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

8 months

I am excited to welcome @yasminoviech to the @POMED team as director of our new Why Democracy Matters program!

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

2 years

This is where the State Department spokesperson turns to semantics to defend the illogical and irrational US policy towards Egypt - selling billions in arms while holding millions in military aid because of Egypts gross human rights abuses.

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

1 year

In today's request, the State Department is asking for $68.3 million in bilateral aid for Tunisia. Of this amount, 79% would be for security assistance. Only $14.5 million would be for economic aid, despite the country's signficant economic crisis.

Seth Binder

@seth_binder

1 year

Today, President Biden released his budget request for Fiscal Year 2024. He is asking Congress for $63.1 billion for the State Department/USAID. 5% of that funding would be for democracy and human rights programs globally, the same percentage as military aid to Israel.

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

1 year

Three years later and there has still been no accountability or justice for Moustafa Kassem, an American citizen who was unjustly detained for six years and tragically died inside an Egyptian prison.

The Freedom Initiative

@thefreedomi

1 year

US citizen Moustafa Kassem died three years ago today inside an Egyptian prison. He was 54 years old. His memory lives on in all that we do. #RememberMoustafaKassem

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

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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."

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

3 years

The US admin will ignore Congress’ conditions & release $170M & provide $130M in mil aid if Egypt ends Case 173, which has targeted human rights & other civil society for a decade, & drops charges against or releases 16 individuals the US has identified.

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

4 years

Moroccan historian Maati Monjib was unjustly arrested today on bogus charges of money laundering. The timing is a clear attempt to limit public criticism by taking advantage of the holidays & likely a bargaining chip to be bartered with the incoming Biden admin.

#FreeKoulchi

@FreeKoulchi

4 years

🔴 URGENT : L’historien Maati Monjib a été arrêté il y a quelques instants à Rabat.

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

2 years

While the admin will justify these sales as "defensive," they also undeniably show positive support for brutal authoritarian regimes that have destabilized their countries & the region. Meanwhile neither country has made any progress on improving their human rights record.

Elizabeth Hagedorn

@ElizHagedorn

2 years

NEW: State Department approves possible foreign military sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE worth $3.05 billion and $2.24 billion, respectively.

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Seth Binder

@seth_binder

2 years

Congress has finally released the Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus appropriations bill. Below is a thread on the $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt, the same amount for Egypt since 1987. 👇

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