The Minnesota Star Tribune website reports that U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Michael Corbin told U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar the case of Shezanne Cassim, a former Minnesota resident imprisoned in Abu Dhabi, is his “highest priority.” In a phone call late Monday night, Senator Klobuchar also said she plans to discuss Cassim’s […]
UPDATE: US Ambassador to UAE Says Shezanne Cassim “Highest Priority”
Posted December 4th, 2013 at 11:37 pm (UTC+0)
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Egypt: Silencing Voices, Religious and Secular
Posted December 4th, 2013 at 7:16 pm (UTC+0)
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Egypt’s new military-backed government has heightened its crackdown on dissent over the past week with a string of arrests. Most recently, Tuesday morning, December 3, secular activist Ahmed Douma tweeted that he had been arrested at his Cairo home and taken to a police station. He said he did not know the reason for […]
