Sarah Leah Whitson

Sarah Leah Whitson is the Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch.

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Saudi Shiite women hold placards with portraits of prominent Shiite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr on January 2, 2016. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Movie Theaters and Women Driving Won’t Placate Saudi Shiites
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Libya’s human rights problem
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How to help Yemen come unstuck
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You’re next–and you know who you are
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