In the News Quotes Archive - Page 26 of 36

Bloomberg,

June 24, 2019

“[Poor treatment in Egyptian prisons] drives people underground, widening the base of people who have serious grievances against the regime.”

Al-Monitor,

June 20, 2019

“I read the indictment and it’s ludicrous hodgepodge of guilt by association and non-sequiturs, which makes it pretty typical for Turkey’s political trials. They throw the kitchen sink at a target.”

LA Times,

June 17, 2019

“What is known is that Morsi suffered from chronic diabetes and was repeatedly denied medical treatment, and was detained in inhumane conditions.”

Al-Monitor,

June 5, 2019

“This is another instance in which the administration has fulfilled the letter of the law but evaded the spirit by not showing how they plan to achieve these objectives [in Yemen].”

Al-Monitor,

May 19, 2019

“House appropriators, like their Senate colleagues, are increasingly concerned with the trajectory of Egypt, its harsh crackdown on any and all opposition and its impact on US national security interests.”

Al-Monitor,

May 14, 2019

“The prospect of Libyans displaced by Hifter’s campaign moving toward the border could represent a fresh burden for the Tunisian state, which has already hosted between 600,000 and a million Libyan refugees since 2011.”

Al-Monitor,

May 7, 2019

“I think that forcing Erdogan to be openly repressive, to openly cheat, is in fact a good thing. And I don’t think a more violent regime—which I think is a distinct possibility—is necessarily a stronger one.”

Financial Times,

May 6, 2019

“[Election-related instability] is going to be very costly for the economy. What Turkey needs most of all right now political stability and a sense of normalcy.”

New York Times,

May 6, 2019

“[The U.S. governmeent designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization would] politicize the designation process, which would undercut the strength of actual designations against terrorist groups.”

Associated Press,

May 6, 2019

“Turkey wasn’t democratic yesterday and it’s not democratic today.”

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