In the News Quotes Archive - Page 13 of 36

HuffPost,

December 3, 2021

“The administration came into office speaking a big game about Saudi Arabia, and that has dramatically changed over the past few months.”

HuffPost,

November 9, 2021

The Saudi and Egyptian governments “were concerned coming into this administration with the strong rhetoric that [Biden] presented centering democracy and human rights. In many respects, they’ve called the Biden administration’s bluff.”

Al Jazeera,

November 8, 2021

“The administration must address the fact that Egypt frequently acts in opposition to US interests, from supporting the military coup in Sudan, to maintaining one of the most repressive regimes in the world.”

NPR,

November 8, 2021

“Biden wants cooperative and strong relations with Sisi more than he really wants to press him on human rights. And that’s very regrettable because the human rights situation is atrocious, abysmal. It’s a stain on the United States’ record.”

Reuters,

November 7, 2021

“Strategic considerations about countering China are at play in inviting very troubled, backsliding democracies…that are in China’s neighborhood [to the Summit for Democracy]. The same might be true for inviting deeply flawed democracy Iraq.”

The Guardian,

October 27, 2021

“This equipment can absolutely be used in offensive operations, so I find this particularly troubling.”

New York Times,

October 25, 2021

“I see this as a purely cosmetic move: Sisi has all the repressive powers he needs already, outside of the Emergency Law. Releasing political prisoners and ending the trials of those currently being prosecuted…would be much more meaningful.”

Arab Digest,

October 15, 2021

“Nowhere in this region is the U.S. government putting human rights at the center of its relations with any of these countries. And if that were ever to happen, we would see a completely different policy.”

Associated Press,

October 15, 2021

“A cash transfer to the [Jordanian] government is a privilege that should be reserved for U.S. partners committed to democracy and human rights and not known for rampant corruption.”

VOA News,

October 7, 2021

“[Biden has] less of the superficial, showy embrace that we got from Trump, but he’s basically going back to the pre-Trump status quo of embracing the Saudi regime…completely unabated in terms of transactions and weapons sales.”

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