Sarah Leah Whitson

Sarah Leah Whitson is the executive director of Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN). She was formerly the executive director of the Middle East and North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch.

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U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sit beside each other in upholstered armchairs int the Oval Office of the White House. Biden motions with one open hand as he speaks, and Netanyahu is partly turned in his seat to watch him, smiling.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sit beside each other in upholstered armchairs int the Oval Office of the White House. Biden motions with one open hand as he speaks, and Netanyahu is partly turned in his seat to watch him, smiling.

The White House’s Defense of Israel Is Undermining International Law
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Sarah Leah Whitson
Relatives and neighbors gather around a burned vehicle targeted and hit by an American drone strike in Kabul.
Relatives and neighbors gather around a burned vehicle targeted and hit by an American drone strike in Kabul.

The Human Rights vs. National Security Dilemma Is a Fallacy
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Sarah Leah Whitson
Yemeni army reinforcements arrive.
Yemeni army reinforcements arrive.

Congress Must Halt Biden’s Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
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Sarah Leah Whitson
Farmers harvest wheat in a field in Tabuk in April 2016. The province has been tapped for the location of a high-tech megacity called Neom.
Farmers harvest wheat in a field in Tabuk in April 2016. The province has been tapped for the location of a high-tech megacity called Neom.

Mohammed bin Salman’s Bloody Dream City of Neom
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Sarah Leah Whitson, Abdullah Alaoudh
Saudi Shiite women hold placards with portraits of prominent Shiite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr on January 2, 2016. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Saudi Shiite women hold placards with portraits of prominent Shiite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr on January 2, 2016. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Movie Theaters and Women Driving Won’t Placate Saudi Shiites
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Sarah Leah Whitson
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MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/GettyImages

Libya’s human rights problem
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Sarah Leah Whitson
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How to help Yemen come unstuck
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Sarah Leah Whitson
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You’re next–and you know who you are
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