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Reuters,

September 13, 2023

“[The $85 million withheld in military aid to Egypt] is an important reversal from last year. . . . But if the administration withholds less than it has the last two years it would in essence be saying to al-Sisi that it believe the Egyptian government has improved its rights record, which is just not true.”

Washington Post,

September 8, 2023

“The human rights crisis in Egypt is a leading driver of the country’s instability and should therefore be a U.S. national security priority.”

The Washington Post,

August 19, 2023

“Just days before the US is set to determine if Egypt has made sufficient human rights progress to warrant conditioned military aid, these releases should be seen as a fig leaf designed to detract from the vast scope of the human rights violations,” said Andrea Prasow, executive director of the Freedom Initiative, which advocates for political prisoners in the Middle East and North Africa. “It’s a relief that [Douma] will be free,” Prasow said in a statement. “But he is just one of more than 60,000 political prisoners in Egypt.”

The Media Line,

August 8, 2023

“The speed of [Zaki’s] release shows the effectiveness of this kind of continued, targeted, coordinated pressure on the Egyptian government on human rights by partner governments and civil society organizations. . . . I think it’s an important reminder that this kind of tenacious advocacy can yield results and impact the ongoing repression in the country.”

The Media Line,

August 8, 2023

“Patrick [Zaki]’s case is emblematic of a slew of gross rights abuses that continue to be perpetuated by the Egyptian regime on a really broad scale.”

The Hill,

June 26, 2023

“I would argue that the administration needs to be more explicit about backsliding allies, practically recommitting themselves to fundamental freedoms and the respect for human rights as the basis for an evolving global order.”

Washington Post,

April 19, 2023

The report by the Freedom Initiative, a nonprofit rights organization founded by Egyptian American advocate Mohamed Soltan, found that Cairo and Riyadh have “become more innovative and emboldened” in carrying out transnational repression — the targeting of critics abroad.

Wall Street Journal,

April 15, 2023

“Having relations with Russia is very much seen through a lens of great-power competition today and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a final straw. . . . The feeling in D.C. is you’re with us or against us.”

Politico,

April 14, 2023

“Many of these leaders do share some ideological affinities with Russia and China — they probably see the world more like those rulers do than how any U.S. leader does.”

DW News,

April 11, 2023

“The idea that the Egyptian leader would potentially be providing military support to Russia…raises some very uncomfortable questions about whose side Egypt is on when it comes to not just US priorities but also European priorities.”

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