DAWN MENA

Founded by @Jkhashoggi in 2018, DAWN works to reform U.S. FP in the ME, hold abusers accountable & magnify the voices of experts/activists from the region.

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

1/ BREAKING: Today, DAWN filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's ICC sanctions, arguing they violate Americans' First Amendment rights by criminalizing constitutionally protected advocacy on Palestine. https://t.co/PJE2XlMgl0

[Democracy in Exile @DAWN_Journal]

Some European leaders tell @KZiabari that the European Union should stake out a stronger position on the U.S./Israel war on Iran. Yet the continent lags behind, forfeiting moral authority in the process.
https://t.co/5pyGe5ESx0

[Negar Mortazavi @NegarMortazavi]

Senator @ChrisVanHollen with moral clarity and @FranceskAlbs reminding us that: The UN was not created to bring us to heaven but to save us from hell.

Proud of my friend @ASE alongside Dr. @Tanyaalih both honored as Defenders of Justice here by @DAWNmenaorg.

[Democracy in Exile @DAWN_Journal]

After the 8th anniversary of Saudi Arabia's killing of @DAWNmenaorg founder Jamal Khashoggi, Maggie Mitchell Salem and @OmarSShakir ask if the U.S. remains a safe haven for political exiles. For them, the track record suggests it does not. https://t.co/qgYkvUIGXC

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

"Governments should adopt clear rules prohibiting their businesses and citizens from engaging in settlement-linked activity. Enforcement must be strong and serious," writes @mFarshneshani in @DAWN_Journal.

See his analysis on sanctions on Israel: https://t.co/lg5YxvUUQs

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

Rights advocates gathered today on Jamal Khashoggi Way, outside the Saudi Embassy in DC — 8 years after DAWN founder Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by agents of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — to remember Jamal's life, his courage, and the voice his killers could not silence.

[الرؤية الشعبية People’s Vision @PeoplesVisionSA]

"It can be difficult to have hope for the kingdom today, which is why we need to continue to organize and build power," says longtime human rights activist @OmarShakir, Executive Director at @DAWNmenaorg.

[الرؤية الشعبية People’s Vision @PeoplesVisionSA]

“عضو الكونجرس السابق جمال بومان يمثل رمزاً للشجاعة والتمسك بالمبادئ؛ فقد آثر مواجهة السلطة بالحقيقة والدفاع عن حرية فلسطين والديمقراطية رغم علمه بدفع ثمن سياسي باهظ."

@raedjarrar
#PeoplesVision #الرؤية_الشعبية #SaudiArabia #السعودية

[Omar Shakir @OmarSShakir]

8 years ago, MBS approved an op that killed & dismembered dissident & Wash Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. But they didn't kill his vision—which lives on in the org he founded: @DAWNmenaorg. Jamal's friend Maggie Salem & I remember Jamal in DAWN's journal https://t.co/bMcGWszUvi

[CPJ MENA @CPJMENA]

Thank you, @SenTimKaine, for continuing to call for accountability for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on his eighth anniversary.

[Ed Markey @SenMarkey]

Today's the 8th anniversary of the brutal slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, ordered by Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman. We cannot trust Saudi leaders, yet Trump wants to allow them to enrich uranium that could be used for nuclear bombs. Stop the deal.

[Senator Tim Kaine @SenTimKaine]

Eight years ago today, the Saudi government directed the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Virginia resident and journalist dedicated to shining a light on the truth. As we honor his memory, we must remember his courage, continue to fight for accountability for those behind his murder, and recommit ourselves to defending the freedom of the press around the world.

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

Eight years since the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, ordered the brutal torture and murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and no one in the Saudi government has been held accountable.

(We may even help them with a nuclear program.)

At a time when freedom of the press is under threat both at home and abroad, I won't stop demanding justice for Khashoggi's murder and protection of the press.

[Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib @RepRashida]

Eight years ago, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by agents of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for reporting the truth.

Today, we remember his life, his courage, and his voice that continues to carry on. We continue to fight for a press free from oppression and persecution—here and abroad.

[Democracy in Exile @DAWN_Journal]

"They killed Jamal, but they did not silence him."

Eight years after Saudi Arabia's killing of @DAWNmenaorg founder Jamal Kahashoggi, Maggie Mitchell Salem and @OmarSShakir discuss his legacy in @DAWN_Journal.
https://t.co/qgYkvUIGXC

[الرؤية الشعبية People’s Vision @PeoplesVisionSA]

"اغتيال جمال خاشقجي لم يكن مجرد جريمة ضد فرد، بل استهداف لكل صوت حر ينادي بالإصلاح والعدالة في العالم العربي."

@raedjarrar
#PeoplesVision #الرؤية_الشعبية #SaudiArabia #السعودية

[الرؤية الشعبية People’s Vision @PeoplesVisionSA]

"It can be difficult to have hope for the kingdom today, which is why we need to continue to organize and build power," says longtime human rights activist @OmarShakir, Executive Director at @DAWNmenaorg.
#PVR4 #الرؤية_الشعبية

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

1/ Congress should pass three pending resolutions blocking arms sales and a nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, DAWN said today, marking the eighth anniversary of the killing of its founder, Jamal Khashoggi. https://t.co/8lbEfzigJB

[Democracy in Exile @DAWN_Journal]

As Sudan's civil war continues in its fourth year, American complicity has allowed the United Arab Emirates to perpetuate the conflict, constituting a form of sub-imperialism. Washington can and should reject this path, writes @husamom.
https://t.co/fAHMV5lq82

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

Today, on the eighth anniversary of the killing of DAWN’s founder, Jamal Khashoggi, DAWN is calling on Congress to pass three pending resolutions blocking arms sales and a nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia.

On October 2, 2018, a Saudi hit team murdered and dismembered Jamal Khashoggi inside the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul, in an operation the U.S. intelligence community concluded was "approved" by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Not only has Bin Salman not been charged for killing Khashoggi or sanctioned for ongoing repression, but Trump, when asked in November 2025 about the murder with the Crown Prince at his side, said "things happen."

Trump's stance "underscores ongoing deep U.S. complicity in repression in Saudi Arabia and across the region," said DAWN's @OmarSShakir.

See DAWN’s full statement: https://t.co/ZqtmuUeRCb

[Democracy in Exile @DAWN_Journal]

Europe remains on the sidelines of the U.S./Israel war on Iran. As a result, the EU and its members have lost moral authority in yet another defining issue of our time. Yet some European leaders still demand action, writes @KZiabari.
https://t.co/5pyGe5ESx0