In 2021, Freedom Forward and allies launched a global campaign to boycott the United Arab Emirates’ Dubai World Expo. The campaign was a success – with the European Parliament voting to boycott the U.A.E. Dubai Expo, a major rejection of the U.A.E. dictatorship’s propaganda event.
Freedom Forward’s victory was covered by The Jerusalem Post, The New Arab (1,2), The Column, Inside Arabia, and in a podcast by the European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights.
To drive our boycott campaign, Freedom Forward organized two human rights coalitions that focused on the Yemen War and women’s rights violations. These coalitions anchored our call for participants to withdraw from the U.A.E. monarchy’s high publicity event. Over 12,000 people joined our online petition campaign.