Libya’s rebel army stops lobbying; Ethiopian-Americans seek shift on Nile dam diplomacy; Pokemon hires lobbyists; Mercury still working on Nigerian candidate’s WTO bid Libya’s rebel army ends its US lobbying amid battlefield defeats It was fun while it lasted. Libyan rebel leader Khalifa Haftar‘s army has ended its US lobbying[Read More…]
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Daily Digest for Wednesday, June 24
Saudi Arabia’s tarnished dream city hires PR help; Pro-Israel lobby confronts Engel’s defeat; Former Trump campaign aide lobbies for Pakistan; BGR renews Bahrain account Saudi megacity strikes $1.7 million PR deal amid bad press over forced displacements Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman‘s futuristic dream city in northwest Saudi Arabia is[Read More…]
Saudi megacity strikes $1.7 million PR deal amid bad press over forced displacements
Saudi Arabia’s $500 billion futuristic mega-city has hired one of the world’s biggest public relations firms to help improve an image tarnished by forced displacements and the killing of a protester. The Neom Company signed a $1.7 million contract with Ruder Finn on June 10 to promote its corporate social[Read More…]
Former Trump campaign aide lobbies for Pakistan
A former campaign aide to US President Donald Trump is now lobbying for Pakistan. Stuart Jolly is representing the Pakistani Embassy in Washington as a consultant to Linden Government Solutions, which signed a contract with Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan in April. Jolly’s work will include “strategic consulting services, advice, planning,[Read More…]
Daily Digest for Tuesday, June 23
National Wildlife Federation an agent of Norway? Another Iranian group joins the regime-change bandwagon; Uzbekistan fights cotton boycott; In Defense of Christians lobbyist joins Brownback’s religious freedom office Justice Department asks grant-funded NGOs to register as foreign agents The Justice Department’s broadening interpretation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA)[Read More…]
Justice Department asks grant-funded NGOs to register as foreign agents
The Department of Justice is sending shock waves across the advocacy community by treating certain grant-funded non-governmental organizations as agents of foreign governments. The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) registered as a foreign agent of Norway earlier this month after being told that it was “obligated” to that country’s government because[Read More…]
Another Iran group hires regime change lobbyist
The co-founder of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the son of a late ayatollah are the latest exiled Iranian dissidents to hire a Washington lobbyist to pursue their dreams of regime change. The self-declared Iran Transition Council hired Ayal Frank‘s AF International on June 10 to help “arrange[Read More…]
Uzbekistan launches PR campaign to lift cotton boycott
Uzbekistan’s latest public relations hire focuses on fighting the international boycott of its cotton industry, a newly disclosed lobbying filing reveals. The Central Asian country’s Export Promotion Agency hired Washington PR firm Xenophon Strategies in April for $585,000 to provide public relations and media outreach, Foreign Lobby Report first reported[Read More…]
Daily Digest for Monday, June 22
Lobbyists paint Guyana opposition as anti-US amid pressure to concede defeat; Uzbekistan sells ‘change’ campaign with PR hires; State Department, FCC crack down on Chinese outlets; Justice Department releases new advisory opinions Lobbyists paint Guyana opposition as anti-US amid pressure to concede defeat Guyana’s ruling party is facing pressure from[Read More…]
Lobbyists paint Guyana opposition as anti-US amid pressure to concede defeat
Lobbyists for Guyana’s ruling party have begun painting the opposition as dangerous leftists allied with US foes in Latin America amid growing pressure to concede defeat. Washington lobby firm JJ&B, which represents President David Granger‘s APNU + AFC coalition, penned an op-ed in the conservative Washington Examiner on Friday arguing[Read More…]