Brian Dooley
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Administration should use its leverage to get Egypt to improve its human rights record
Washington needs to rethink its relationship with Cairo. Real progress will happen only if the United States demands it. → Read More
Hungary's Government Attacks Journalists in New Soros Smears
Next spring’s Hungarian elections promise to be dominated by a person not on the ballot: George Soros. The billionaire businessman, activist, and ... → Read More
Trump administration should withhold aid to rein in Egypt's Sisi
OPINION | President Sisi’s government clearly isn’t taking effective steps to protect human rights — quite the contrary. → Read More
NYC Bar Association Urges Theresa May to Protect Northern Ireland Lawyers
The New York City Bar Association has joined those publicly worried about the intimidation of lawyers in Northern Ireland. In a July 11 letter to British... → Read More
Questions for Head of Bahrain's NSA 10 Days After Ebtisam al Saegh's Arrest
Dear Sheikh Talal bin Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, I understand you are President of Bahrain’s National Security Agency (NSA), appointed by you... → Read More
Another Light Goes Out in Bahrain as Al Wasat Closes
Yesterday’s letter from the Board of Directors to the staff of Bahrain’s only independent newspaper Al Wasat was a heavy blow for the country, and for jo... → Read More
Egyptian Human Rights Defender Mohamed Zaree Faces Court on Wednesday
The latest installment in Egypt’s long-running judicial harassment of civil society is due on Wednesday. Mohamed Zaree, Egypt Director of the Cairo Insti... → Read More
Resistance Grows Against The Hungarian Government's Authoritarianism
Budapest is seeing its largest anti-government protests in years. → Read More
Repressive Leaders Line Up For Trump's Red Carpet
That White House red carpet is about to take a battering as repressive leaders from all over the world are invited to parade along it. The first pe... → Read More
A Hungarian priest offers refugees shelter, and a town takes notice
KÖRMEND, Hungary (RNS) The refugee issue is electric in Hungary, with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government taking an increasingly hostile line against those seeking asylum in the country. → Read More
Hungarian Civil Society Fights Back Against Government Attacks
Co-authored with Dóra Papp Earlier this month every Hungarian household received a white envelope containing a questionnaire that the governme... → Read More
Hungarian Civil Society Fights Back Against Government Attacks
Co-authored with Dóra Papp Earlier this month every Hungarian household received a white envelope containing a questionnaire that the governme... → Read More
The Orban-Trump Bromance Is Complicated For Both Hungary And The U.S.
Washington is facilitating the return of soft authoritarianism in Hungary. → Read More
Hungarian Government Targets Dissent as NGO Endures Repeated Audits
Being audited is never fun, but when it’s part of a government witch-hunt against legitimate dissent it’s particularly frustrating and exhausting. The Hu... → Read More
Middle East Activist Experts Offer Advice on Fighting Trump Policies
Yesterday’s attack by President Trump on the “dishonest media” who he says are “out of control” was just the latest in a series of assaults of those who ... → Read More
Going to the Manama Dialogue? Ask the Awkward Questions
If you scored an invite to the 12th Manama Dialogue next weekend, you might want to think about what to say when you get there. The annual conferen... → Read More
Beyond Syria’s Ceasefire, Activists Nervously Preparing for Post-War Politics
Government news resource covering technology, performance, employment, telework, cybersecurity, and more for federal employees. → Read More
Time to Move the 5th Fleet? How US Appeasement Is Undermining Bahrain's Stability
The government crackdowns that followed the Obama administration’s decision to lift an arms ban have only stirred up dissent. → Read More
Selling arms to Bahrain amid human rights abuses
Arms sales continue to Bahrain, but so do human rights atrocities → Read More
50 Days of a Broken Promise in Bahrain
Last month, four days after Bahrain's Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa stood next to Secretary John Kerry at a press conference and → Read More