In the News Quotes Archive

Yasmin Omar

Middle East Eye,

January 24, 2025

“Egyptian criminal procedures code obligates the authorities to make sure that they do not try a person for the same crime more than once. Hoda is a human rights lawyer, so it’s no secret why she’s being targeted…She provided legal aid to everyone without discrimination, without basing it on political affiliation. And that, of course, angered the authorities because it shows honesty – and that, to them, is dangerous”.

Seth Binder

Mada Masr,

January 14, 2025

“The idea was to not increase tensions or upset the Egyptians. Egypt was playing the role that the US wanted it to play.”

Haydn Welch

Middle East Eye,

January 8, 2025

“He is small potatoes, but he’s also not the only one. We’ve seen some pretty low-profile folks who’ve gotten ridiculously long sentences in Saudi Arabia in similar circumstances too… they weren’t well-known activists. They had a couple dozen followers or something on Twitter, but they’re still detained because no dissent will be tolerated.”

Seth Binder

The Intercept,

August 12, 2024

“The Biden administration’s reversal and eventual full embrace of MBS solidified his rehabilitation within the international community following the gruesome murder of Jamal Khashoggi. . . . The result has been to elevate MBS as untouchable and greenlight his ruthless repression.”

Seth Binder

Wall Street Journal,

July 10, 2024

“This is an example of the administration folding their hand. They were called out on their bluff of Rafah and now they’re relenting.”

Abdullah Alaoudh

Barron’s,

July 4, 2024

“Saudi Arabia’s creative industries will not thrive -– let alone attract investment -– until the authorities recognise and fully respect the human rights of all its citizens.”

Seth Binder

Wall Street Journal,

May 7, 2024

“[If the delay to the JDAMs is deliberate, it] would be the first instance since this war began where the administration took such an action on weapons we know have been used in Gaza.”

Seth Binder

Common Dreams,

March 5, 2024

“It is long past time for the United States to use its leverage and uphold U.S. law to end Israel’s indiscriminate bombardment of Gaza and have this war come to an end,” said Seth Binder, director of advocacy at the Middle East Democracy Center, a coalition member. “The humanitarian catastrophe that millions of Palestinians are suffering through and its seismic moral and strategic consequences should compel members of Congress to do everything in its power to secure a cessation of hostilities.”

Seth Binder

The New Arab,

February 25, 2024

“The Egyptian authorities should ensure the safety of his family in Egypt, and end their smear campaigns and the relentless, years-long crackdown on human rights groups and independent organizations.”

Abdullah Alaoudh

Exploring the Quran and the Bible,

February 23, 2024

“In a nutshell, [religious freedom in Saudi Arabia] is disastrous…the Saudi state is subjugating its people to the rulers no matter what…just in this conversation, I’m violating Saudi laws…The Saudi government has used laws, doctrines, everything in its power, to go after people for speaking up about anything. This is true for the shia minority, for the majority, anyone who has a different idea,” Abdullah Alaoudh told Professor Gabriel Said Reynolds on the Exploring the Quran and the Bible podcast.

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