Sunjeev Bery

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  • Saudi Arabia & Bahrain: 5 Members of Congress Urge President Obama to Push Saudi Officials to Support Reforms

    U.S. Rep Hank Johnson and four other Members of Congress have written a letter to President Obama urging him to push Saudi Arabian officials to be “more constructive” regarding political reform in Bahrain.  The core sentence in the letter is the following: Long-term stability in Bahrain can only be achieved through meaningful political reform, and…

  • Read the Letter: What We Want President Obama to Do in Saudi Arabia this Friday

    This Friday, President Obama will travel to Saudi Arabia, a country whose government is highly repressive.   But instead of raising human rights, Obama’s trip has been described by The New York Times as focused on “fence-mending.” This is the wrong approach. As we say in our Amnesty International letter to President Obama: For too…

  • US newspapers ignore drone missile critics

    The HKS Citizen (Harvard Kennedy School) October 26, 2010 By Sanjeev Bery Over the last two months, the US government has dramatically increased drone missile strikes in Pakistan.  Unfortunately, mainstream US newspapers have not shown the inclination to ask tough questions regarding the change in policy. In a replay of the softball coverage that preceded…

  • Ask Condoleeza

    The footage shows all the signs of a professor angry at a student for asking exactly the right questions. Caught in an emotional moment, former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is on tape uttering such high-minded retorts as “do your homework first” and “maybe before you make allegations about Guantanamo, you should read.” Skip to…

  • A Letter to an Editor

    Response to “Pakistan in Turmoil,” March 15, 2009, by Barbara Crossette in The Nation Ms. Crossette’s article is strong on explaining political rivalries, but misses an opportunity to reveal the new gains of Pakistani civil society.