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Human Rights in the Arab World
By Bahey Eddin Hassan |
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Director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) The status of human rights in the Arab world has been in recent decline both at the civil and political level. Some countries, such as Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia, witnessed increased political openness during 2004–2005, when democratic reforms became an issue of international focus; international scrutiny led to expanded freedoms for reform seekers in Syria and Saudi Arabia, and promoted...
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The US and Iran: Dealing with the security agreement in Iraq
By Dr. Mohamed El Said Idris |
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On December 2, 2008- a few days before the Iraqi parliament passed the Iraqi-American security agreement- US President George Bush surprised the world by admitting his regret for not ensuring the accuracy of the intelligence that claimed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. He said in an interview on ABC that the intelligence failure in Iraq was a source of deep regret for his administration...
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