January 20, 2010
As the news from Haiti grows worse, President Obama deserves praise for his rapid mobilization of American resources. Thousands of lives have been saved as a result.
At the same time, President Obama has chosen public words that do not reveal America’s painful history in Haiti.
Click here to urge President Obama to be open about America’s past in Haiti.
On January 15th, Newsweek published a piece by President Obama entitled “Why Haiti Matters.” In the piece, President Obama wrote of Haiti’s “tragic history,” while also writing that “we do not use our power to subjugate others, we use it to lift them up.”
Unfortunately, past U.S. foreign policy towards Haiti has fallen short of this ideal.
Click here to ask the Obama Administration to be upfront about America’s past in Haiti.
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December 14, 2009
The Huffington Post
December 11, 2009
By Wajiha Ahmed, Freedom Forward Boardmember
In her December 5, 2009 New York Times article, reporter Sabrina Tavernise looks to history to explain why many Pakistanis are so critical of America. Unfortunately, Tavernise looks to the wrong history, focusing on Pakistan’s trauma after the partition with India. Instead, she should have focused on US support for successive Pakistani military dictatorships. Read the rest of this entry »
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November 5, 2009
The Huffington Post
November 5, 2009
By Sanjeev Bery, Freedom Forward Boardmember
It is time to set aside the notion that U.S. drone missile attacks in Pakistan are some kind of secret. The pretense of secrecy has saved Obama Administration officials from having to publicly defend the military tactic. Read the rest of this entry »
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October 1, 2009
An Islamabad student, a journalist in Bonn, a U.S. Navy veteran outside Seattle — these are some of the people adding their names to The Call for a New U.S. Policy Towards Pakistan.
The list of signers has grown to include corporate managers, professors, lawyers and others across multiple continents.
Consider joining The Call.
Now is the time to support the rule of law and democracy in Pakistan.
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September 24, 2009
For too long, U.S. foreign policy has supported individual Pakistani leaders and dictators at the expense of Pakistani civil society and democracy. This needs to change, and you can help.
A core group of independent scholars, activists, and human rights advocates has authored The Call for a New U.S. Policy Towards Pakistan. Freedom Forward is proud to be one of the participants in this effort.
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Posted by sanjeevbery
September 23, 2009
Dear President Obama and Members of Congress,
We urge you to end America’s “one-leader” approach to Pakistan, an approach that has long prioritized supporting individual Pakistani political leaders or dictators at the expense of Pakistani civil society and democracy.
For too long, Pakistani citizens have struggled under corrupt and undemocratic leaders who undermined the rule of law. Of these leaders, the most damaging have been the military dictators who ruled Pakistan for more than half its existence. Each of these dictators undermined Pakistani democracy while receiving U.S. aid for supporting U.S. foreign policy.
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August 15, 2009
Peaceful Demonstration in Front of the White House
Supporting Democracy & Human Rights in Egypt
Organized by: The Alliance of Egyptian Americans, Voices for a Democratic Egypt, Houkouk Alnas, International Quranic Center, Coptic Assembly of America, and Ibn Khaldun Center For Development Studies
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009
11 am to 4 pm
Between Madison Avenue and 15th Street
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As the news from Haiti grows worse, President Obama deserves praise for his rapid mobilization of American resources. Thousands of lives have been saved as a result.
According to U.S. military adviser David Kilcullen, 