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United Arab Emirates

MEDC’s work on the United Arab Emirates covers topics such as authoritarianism, the UAE’s role in transnational repression, human rights, political detentions, and U.S. policy.

Abdullah Alaoudh

Seth Binder

Sheridan Cole

Yasmin Omar

Featured Publications

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Tunisia + more
United Arab Emirates

Feb 2025

Joint Statement – The AIMC Must End Its Role in Transnational Repression

Feb 2025

Letter

Joint Letter to UAE Urgently Calling for Release and End to the Enforced Disappearance of Poet Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Jan 2025

Statement

Joint Statement: Human Rights Groups Urge Disclosure of Abdulrahman Al-Qaradawi's Fate, Demand His Release and Call for Accountability

Jan 2025

Letter

Joint Letter Calls for Urgent Congressional Action to Prevent Extradition of Abdel Rahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi

Feb 2024

Commentary

Advancing Democracy Overseas – Not Isolationism – Protects American Interests, writes Tess McEnery and Patrick Quirk in the National Interest

Tess McEnery

Events

November 14, 2014

Criminalization of Dissent in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE

Bahrain + more
Iran + more
Iraq + more
Kuwait + more
Oman + more
Qatar + more
Saudi Arabia + more
United Arab Emirates

June 14, 2013

Dynamic Gulf: Forces of Change in a Strategic Region

Bahrain + more
Iran + more
Iraq + more
Kuwait + more
Oman + more
Qatar + more
Saudi Arabia + more
United Arab Emirates

February 13, 2013

The Arab Spring After Two Years: Prospects for Democracy in the Gulf Region

Newsletters

Mar 2023

Gulf Update

Gulf Update: U.S. Citizen Released from Saudi Prison, Still Under Travel Ban

Feb 2023

Gulf Update

Gulf Update: Husband of Iranian Lawyer Summoned

Jan 2023

Gulf Update

Gulf Update: Pompeo Downplays Khashoggi's Murder

Jan 2023

Gulf Update

Gulf Update: Siamak Namazi, American Political Prisoner Detained in Iran, Launches Hunger Strike

Nov 2022

Gulf Update

Gulf Update: Another U.S. Citizen Arrested in Saudi Arabia

Oct 2022

Gulf Update

Gulf Update: Protests in Iran Continue Unabated

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