Testimony on Muslim Ban and Congressional Briefing - Waleed Alhariri
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Channel: Amnesty International USA · 2017 · Nonprofits & Activism
Testimony from Amnesty International USA's briefing with Church World Service and Human Rights First to motivate the Senate to act urgently to fight the Muslim Ban. Waleed Alhariri, head of the New York office of the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies, stressed the impact of the ban on research and understanding of the situation in the “banned” countries. He reminded the audience that since the U.S. embassy staff moved out in 2014, the U.S. has even less access to Yemeni civil society and the understanding of political dynamics it brings. Yet the U.S. is engaged in counter-terrorism operations and is supporting a Saudi-led military intervention in the country. Yemeni civil society leaders have in the past traveled to the United States to brief U.S. policymakers on developments in Yemen, but now can’t.
