In the News Quotes Archive - Page 28 of 35

Stephen McInerney

CNN,

March 8, 2019

“In the past, the default position [for the regime] has been to crackdown on protests… The nature of these protests, they’ve chosen not to do that. They’ve been more careful and thoughtful and strategic in how they respond.”

Seth Binder

Middle East Eye,

March 5, 2019

“[Changing small-arms export regulations] is just one more way that the US is sort of potentially fueling regional conflicts and partners in the region [are] not being held accountable for actions.”

Stephen McInerney

The Guardian,

March 3, 2019

“Every step the regime takes is increasing the anger and frustration of people on the streets. This is potentially a dangerous scenario. Right now, the streets want anyone else other than Bouteflika as president.”

Howard Eissenstat

Al-Monitor,

February 19, 2019

“The AKP leadership really does see the Gulenist movement as fundamentally centralized and the core of internal resistance to its rule. The AKP is…a revolutionary state: Purges are not secondary to this process, they are intrinsic to it.”

Stephen McInerney

ABC,

February 17, 2019

“His case shows the willingness of President Sisi’s regime to ignore legitimate concerns expressed by the Trump White House for an American citizen wrongly imprisoned in awful conditions and in dangerously poor health.”

Louisa Keeler

The Media Line,

February 14, 2019

“Gender equality is a universal human right. It isn’t something that is unique to Western values…Everyone should have the right to travel freely, and it is incumbent on Google and Apple to take up some position on this issue.”

Andrew Miller

Politico,

February 13, 2019

“Everything that I’ve heard is that this is a dumpster fire. That it’s ill-conceived, ill-executed and that it’s unlikely to produce anything of value.”

Andrew Miller

ABC,

January 24, 2019

“If an Egyptian has Canadian citizenship, they will treat [them] as an Egyptian, and they normally don’t even notify the other foreign government that one of their citizens has been detained.”

Seth Binder

Al-Monitor,

January 24, 2019

“An example of that would be the $750 million package that [Saudi Arabia] purchased a couple of years ago for targeting purposes. That package would have been discounted because of [U.S.] IMET aid.”

Seth Binder

Al-Monitor,

January 23, 2019

“Today’s compromise is deeply disappointing. t is a missed opportunity for them to send a strong message to the Egyptians.”

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