Imam Ayman Soliman sought refuge in the US after he was arrested & tortured in #Egypt for journalism. Now he's in ICE detention, at risk of deportation. Read our commentary on how the detention of Ayman & others have shaken exiled dissidents in the US ⬇️ mideastdc.org/publication/pe…

🚨 The US Senate will vote TODAY on resolutions to block certain arms sales to Israel amid catastrophic civilian harm and starvation in Gaza. Learn more and ask your Senators to vote YES: armssalesaccountabilityproject.com/take-action/

U.S. law is clear (Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act), if a country is restricting U.S. humanitarian aid, it can no longer receive U.S. security assistance. Enforce the law.

For the first time ever, the majority of Democrats in the Senate voted to block an arms sale to Israel.

The Public Prosecution summoned Mada Masr Editor-in-Chief Lina Attalah on Saturday to appear for questioning next Monday in case 6182/2025. Although the summons did not specify the reason for the investigation, it comes a day after the Interior Ministry issued a statement

He entred prison as a boy, will he come out as an old man? "He was arrested at the age of 19 in 2013, and then sentenced to 15 years, he studied economics and political science in prison and graduated in 2020, his father died while he is still in prison." #FreeThemAll

🚨NEW: #SaudiArabia has executed at least 241 people so far in 2025 without due process. The execution of journalist Turki al-Jasser raises concerns that the Saudi govt is using the death penalty to crush peaceful dissent. Read our latest with Human Rights Watch: mideastdc.org/publication/ex…

Senator Menendez is in prison, but his bribers - the dictatorial government of #Egypt - got off mostly scot free, writes Tom Malinowski. Now Congress is moving to lift all restrictions on military aid to #Egypt. nj.com/opinion/2025/0…

🚨 #Egypt's crackdown on independent media continues. Egyptian authorities should immediately drop all charges against Lina Attalah #savesheikhjarrah & Mada Masr مدى مصر journalists & cease any further legal harassment. #JournalismIsNotACrime Read more: mideastdc.org/publication/on…

On #WorldHumanitarianDay, we're thinking of Saudi aid worker Abdulrahman al-Sadhan, who was arrested in 2018 from his workplace Saudi Red Crescent and remains forcibly disappeared. He faces 20 years in jail for peaceful Twitter activity. Saudi authorities must #FreeSadhan now.

‘Loujain is a genuinely caring person, spontaneous, and living with her whole heart. Although she has spent most of her years struggling to live in dignity, she remains as joyful and resilient as ever. Loujain has suffered far too much and deserves to be unconditionally free.’ —

Congress finishes August recess soon, and for weeks they've been back home facing constituents asking: what are you doing to stop atrocities in Gaza? The benchmark for House members is cosponsoring the Block the Bombs bill. More in Responsible Statecraft. /1 responsiblestatecraft.org/house-vote-isr…

🚨 At today's hearing, the SCC overturned Manahel al-Otaibi's 11-year jail term but handed a new five-year one (followed by a five-year travel ban). Given the time already served, this will entail two more years of arbitrary imprisonment. Saudi authorities must #FreeManahel now.

Saudi Arabia just executed Jalal al-Labbad for crimes during the Arab Spring, when he was 15. His brother Fadel was executed in 2019. His brother Mohammed waits on death row. A chilling story about how MBS is using anti-terror laws to silence dissent: wapo.st/47Euscm