In the News Quotes Archive - Page 8 of 36

FairPlanet,

March 8, 2023

“We have seen some condemnations and statements of concern from the international community, but clearly not enough to sway Saïed’s thinking. . . . Rather than shrinking, the crackdown is expanding, with more opponents of the president continuing to be summoned for questioning daily.”

FairPlanet,

March 8, 2023

“The crackdown is both shocking and, for those who have followed President Saïed’s rhetoric and actions over the past year and a half, entirely expected. . . . The arrests and charges are similar to others we have seen since Saïed’s coup, but on a new and alarmingly large scale.”

Al-Monitor,

February 23, 2023

Seth Binder, the director of advocacy at the Project on Middle East Democracy, called the newly released language on human rights a significant improvement to both the Trump and Obama administrations’ policies. “But ultimately, all of this is only as good as the implementation,” Binder said.

The Intercept,

February 23, 2023

“U.S. law recognizes that security assistance, including arms sales, may be beneficial in advancing U.S. national security interests. . . . But it also directs the government to provide assistance so that it ‘will promote and advance human rights and avoid identification of the United States… with governments which deny to their people internationally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms.’”

New Arab,

January 24, 2023

“The invasion of Ukraine has affected the Egyptian economy, especially in regards to wheat prices, as has the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the underlying problems and roots of the crisis have been brewing for years as the economic crisis is largely driven by political economic choices which President Sisi has made.”

France 24,

January 24, 2023

“This election is really about bigger things. It’s about a democratic future vs. a more autocratic future. It’s about Turkey’s economy and the direction that’s going to be taking. Is it going to recover under a new government with sensible fiscal policies? Is there going to be an independent central bank or are we going to continue down this path where inflation keeps on rising and the cost of living keeps rising for the people and becomes unbearable for a lot of its citizens?”

Al-Monitor,

January 18, 2023

“Erdoğan might pull a January 6. . . . How would [the Biden administration] feel if in just three months, Turkey has its first unfree election in decades . . . and they have sold the F-16 to Turkey just months before?”

Al-Monitor,

December 21, 2022

For FY23, lawmakers increased Egypt’s restricted aid that can’t be waived by $10 million, an indication “of the frustration with the administration’s policies to address these [human rights] concerns.”

Vox,

November 17, 2022

“The NSC Democracy Directorate reliably asserts that democracy and human rights are not just values, but vital national security interests. It remains difficult to get other national security officials on board with this approach. . . . It would require people willing to break with the status quo to implement democracy and human rights as the center of our foreign policy.”

Vox,

November 17, 2022

“Countries that are democratic and respect human rights, at the end of the day, are more stable, more peaceful, more prosperous, and better allies.”

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