Saudi Arabia has little to worry about – no state has the moral authority or will to attack this butchery
9 years, 2 months ago

Saudi Arabia has little to worry about – no state has the moral authority or will to attack this butchery

The Independent  

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Soccer-Saudi Arabia's human rights record under fire after World Cup bid win
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Soccer-Saudi Arabia's human rights record under fire after World Cup bid win

Hindustan Times  

By Julien Pretot Soccer-Saudi Arabia's human rights record under fire after World Cup bid win Dec 11 - Amnesty International lashed out at FIFA for awarding Saudi Arabia the organisation of the 2034 men's soccer World Cup, claiming the move would put lives at risk amid criticism of the country's human rights record on Wednesday. "FIFA's reckless decision to award …

Two US senators urge FIFA not to pick Saudi Arabia as 2034 World Cup host over human rights risks
4 months ago

Two US senators urge FIFA not to pick Saudi Arabia as 2034 World Cup host over human rights risks

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Two United States senators urged FIFA on Monday not to pick Saudi Arabia as the 2034 World Cup host next month in a decision seen as inevitable since last year despite the kingdom’s record on human rights. Democrats Ron Wyden of Oregon and Dick Durbin of Illinois have told FIFA president Gianni Infantino in a letter “we urge …

Saudi cartoonist is jailed 23 years for satirical drawings that 'insulted the kingdom's leaders'
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Saudi cartoonist is jailed 23 years for satirical drawings that 'insulted the kingdom's leaders'

Daily Mail  

A Saudi artist has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison over political cartoons that allegedly insulted the Gulf kingdom's leadership, his sister and a rights group said this week. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 11, 2024 Saudi artist Mohammed al-Hazza has been sentenced to more than two decades …

Saudi Arabia loses bid for a seat on UN's premier human rights body
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Saudi Arabia loses bid for a seat on UN's premier human rights body

The Independent  

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MPs pile pressure on Labour to oppose Saudi bid to join UN’s Human Rights Council
5 months, 3 weeks ago

MPs pile pressure on Labour to oppose Saudi bid to join UN’s Human Rights Council

The Independent  

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Saudi Arabia executes Philippines national for murder as kingdom sets grim record
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Saudi Arabia executes Philippines national for murder as kingdom sets grim record

The Independent  

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Executions in Saudi Arabia hit record high under MBS as UN prepares to vote the country onto Human Rights Council this week
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Executions in Saudi Arabia hit record high under MBS as UN prepares to vote the country onto Human Rights Council this week

Daily Mail  

Saudi Arabia has carried out a record number of executions this year even as the UN gets set to vote on whether to grant the Kingdom a seat on the Human Rights council. Since taking on the role of Crown Prince in 2015, Mohammed Bin Salman has overseen at least 1,447 executions and the instances of capital punishment reached a …

Saudi Arabia to preside over UN forum on women's rights, gender equality
1 year ago

Saudi Arabia to preside over UN forum on women's rights, gender equality

Business Standard  

The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women unanimously appointed Saudi Arabia to chair its 69th session in 2025, CNN reported, citing the Saudi Arabia Mission to the UN. The decision by the United Nations to appoint Saudi Arabia as the chair of a gender equality forum has been criticized by women's rights advocates. Human Rights Watch also warned …

Saudi Arabia hears dozens of countries critique its human rights record at the U.N. in Geneva
1 year, 2 months ago

Saudi Arabia hears dozens of countries critique its human rights record at the U.N. in Geneva

The Hindu  

Saudi Arabia had its record on human rights including freedoms for women, prosecutions for freedom of speech, use of the death penalty and alleged killing of migrants at its border with Yemen critiqued at the United Nations on January 23. In the kingdom's first formal review at the U.N. Human Rights Council since November 2018, the Saudi Arabia delegation said …

Saudi Arabia hears dozens of countries critique its human rights record at the UN in Geneva
1 year, 2 months ago

Saudi Arabia hears dozens of countries critique its human rights record at the UN in Geneva

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Saudi Arabia had its record on human rights including freedoms for women, prosecutions for freedom of speech, use of the death penalty and alleged killing of migrants at its border with Yemen critiqued at the United Nations on Monday. In the kingdom’s first formal review at the UN Human Rights Council since November 2018, the Saudi Arabia delegation …

Saudi crown prince says in rare interview ‘every day we get closer’ to normalization with Israel
1 year, 6 months ago

Saudi crown prince says in rare interview ‘every day we get closer’ to normalization with Israel

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a rare interview with Fox News on Wednesday that negotiations over Israel means the prospects of normalized relations between both countries “get closer” every day, but that treatment of Palestinians remains a “very important” issue to be resolved. Netanyahu’s office said the meeting “mostly dealt with ways to establish an …

Muslim nations demand action after ‘Islamophobic’ Quran burning
1 year, 8 months ago

Muslim nations demand action after ‘Islamophobic’ Quran burning

Al Jazeera  

Motion at the UN Human Rights Council urges action over Quran burning incidents in Sweden, which Pakistan says incited ‘religious hatred’. Lolwah Rashid Al-Khater, Minister of State for International Cooperation of Qatar, spoke at the @UN Human Rights Council urgent debate on public acts of incitement to religious hatred. #HRC53 pic.twitter.com/DFe40UgBQQ — United Nations Human Rights Council 📍 #HRC53 July …

US president Biden to visit Saudi Arabia in coming weeks: Reports
2 years, 9 months ago

US president Biden to visit Saudi Arabia in coming weeks: Reports

Al Jazeera  

In shift, Biden will reportedly meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as US seeks replacement to Russian oil. United States President Joe Biden is set to visit Saudi Arabia in the coming weeks amid a larger shift in tone towards the kingdom, according to multiple US media reports. The trip would signal the most distinct departure to date from …

‘A major setback’: UN ends Yemen war crimes probe
3 years, 5 months ago

‘A major setback’: UN ends Yemen war crimes probe

Al Jazeera  

Rights groups criticise the move with Dutch ambassador Peter Bekker saying the Council ‘has failed the people of Yemen’. The UN Human Rights Council voted to end the mandate of experts investigating war crimes in Yemen in a blow to Western nations who wanted the probe to continue. The Human Rights Council in 2017 agreed to send a group of …

Saudi Arabia, 20 years after 9/11: 'A country in the making'
3 years, 6 months ago

Saudi Arabia, 20 years after 9/11: 'A country in the making'

The Independent  

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Labour Hartlepool by-election candidate said Saudi Arabia was ‘modern and progressive’ after going on £8,700 trip paid for by regime
4 years ago

Labour Hartlepool by-election candidate said Saudi Arabia was ‘modern and progressive’ after going on £8,700 trip paid for by regime

The Independent  

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U.S. credibility on human rights wrecked under Trump, group says in reporting worldwide abuses
4 years, 2 months ago

U.S. credibility on human rights wrecked under Trump, group says in reporting worldwide abuses

LA Times  

Holding President Trump accountable for anti-democratic actions is crucial to any hope of restoring U.S. credibility in combating human rights abuses across the globe, a leading advocacy group argued Wednesday as it released its annual compilation of the world’s worst rights violators. Human Rights Watch’s annual report detailed a harrowing litany of rights abuses, including China’s oppression of its Uighur …

Iran: Saudi Arabia ‘scapegoating’ its pursuit of nuclear arms
4 years, 4 months ago

Iran: Saudi Arabia ‘scapegoating’ its pursuit of nuclear arms

Al Jazeera  

Tehran’s UN ambassador says rival Saudi Arabia is looking for an excuse to build nuclear weapons and blaming Iran. Tehran, Iran – Iran’s United Nations ambassador says Saudi Arabia is trying to use Iran as an excuse to develop nuclear arms after a Saudi minister said the kingdom reserves the right to arm itself with nuclear weapons. “Don’t blame your …

UK report calls out Saudi Arabia over women’s rights abuses
4 years, 4 months ago

UK report calls out Saudi Arabia over women’s rights abuses

Al Jazeera  

A report released by a member of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords has called on the world’s leading economies to shun the G20 summit hosted by Saudi Arabia this year unless jailed women’s rights activists are released. ‘Assault on fundamental freedoms’ On Monday, New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch also called on the G20 leading economies to press …

Saudi Arabia’s image-building efforts suffer another setback
4 years, 4 months ago

Saudi Arabia’s image-building efforts suffer another setback

Al Jazeera  

The glory days are over for Saudi Arabia. However, MBS’s rehabilitation project stalled when it became clear that the new gilded sheen of Saudi Arabia was undergirded by the same disregard for the most basic human rights. The war in Yemen, expected by the Saudi authorities to last only a few months, has gone on now for more than five …

G20 urged to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for abuses
4 years, 4 months ago

G20 urged to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for abuses

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Watch demands G20 leaders to press the kingdom in releasing prisoners detained unlawfully before a leaders’ summit on November 21. In a statement on Monday, Human Rights Watch said the G20 awarded Riyadh this year’s presidency “despite the Saudi government’s unrelenting assault on fundamental freedoms, including jailing and harassing public dissidents and human rights activists, unlawful attacks on …

He’s just lost his seat on the Human Rights Council — so what will Saudi Arabia’s MBS do when Trump can no longer ‘save his ass’?
4 years, 5 months ago

He’s just lost his seat on the Human Rights Council — so what will Saudi Arabia’s MBS do when Trump can no longer ‘save his ass’?

The Independent  

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China, Russia, Saudi Arabia set to join UN Human Rights Council
4 years, 5 months ago

China, Russia, Saudi Arabia set to join UN Human Rights Council

Al Jazeera  

Saudi Arabia, China appear to be among the countries with virtually assured seats on the UN’s top human rights body. China, Saudi Arabia and Russia are poised to join the United Nations Human Rights Council, raising alarm among rights groups who say the countries are among the world’s “worst rights violators”. “Serial rights abusers should not be rewarded with seats …

Saudi Arabia fails in bid for seat on UN Human Rights Council
4 years, 5 months ago

Saudi Arabia fails in bid for seat on UN Human Rights Council

Al Jazeera  

China, Russia and Cuba win seats as analysts question whether human rights violators should be elected to the council. Saudi Arabia failed in its attempt to become a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the next three-year term starting on January 1, while China, Russia and Cuba were elected on Tuesday in a vote that caused an …

Iran hits back at ‘delirious’ Saudi after King Salman’s UN speech
4 years, 6 months ago

Iran hits back at ‘delirious’ Saudi after King Salman’s UN speech

Al Jazeera  

In response to a fiery UN speech by King Salman, Iranian officials brand Saudi Arabia as the main sponsor of ‘terrorism’ in the region. Iran has slammed Saudi Arabia’s “delirious talk” as it hit back at a damning speech by the kingdom’s ruler during an annual meeting of world leaders at the United Nations. ‘Distortion of facts’ In response, Saeed …

Saudi Arabia rebuked at UN over Jamal Khashoggi killing, abuses
4 years, 6 months ago

Saudi Arabia rebuked at UN over Jamal Khashoggi killing, abuses

Al Jazeera  

Statement by dozens of countries highlighted a wide range of serious human rights violations in the kingdom. Dozens of nations condemned Saudi Arabia before the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday over serious violations and demanded accountability for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Torture, disappearances Tuesday’s statement, which was hailed by several human rights groups, also highlighted a wide …

Why is Dominic Raab calling out China on human rights abuses, but giving the Saudis a free pass?
4 years, 8 months ago

Why is Dominic Raab calling out China on human rights abuses, but giving the Saudis a free pass?

The Independent  

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A year on from Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, and Saudi Arabia is lurching towards hysterical chaos
5 years, 6 months ago

A year on from Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, and Saudi Arabia is lurching towards hysterical chaos

The Independent  

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The Khashoggi report is a wake-up call for UN and US (Opinion)
5 years, 9 months ago

The Khashoggi report is a wake-up call for UN and US (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Dr. Courtney C. Radsch is the advocacy director at the Committee to Protect Journalists. Courtney Radsch Committee to Protect Journalists Given these findings, the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres should immediately launch a criminal investigation, as the Committee to Protect Journalists requested last November, and comply with the recommendations of its independent expert. Callamard conducted extensive interviews and …

The Saudi Shia: Between an Iranian rock and a Saudi hard place
5 years, 10 months ago

The Saudi Shia: Between an Iranian rock and a Saudi hard place

Al Jazeera  

Last month, Saudi Arabia quietly beheaded 37 people, mostly Shia men from the country’s Eastern Province. In their raids, Wahhabi fighters would often destroy shrines and places of worship belonging to the Shia and Sufi orders; in 1802, an army led by Mohammed’s son Saud even attacked one of the holiest cities for Shia Muslims, Karbala in neighbouring Iraq, looting …

UN rights chief condemns ‘shocking’ Saudi mass executions
5 years, 11 months ago

UN rights chief condemns ‘shocking’ Saudi mass executions

Al Jazeera  

The UN human rights chief on Wednesday called Saudi Arabia’s mass executions of 37 men “shocking” and “abhorrent”, joining a growing chorus of condemnation by rights groups and activists. “I strongly condemn these shocking mass executions across six cities in Saudi Arabia yesterday,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said in a statement. This is the largest mass …

Congress members, activists slam Saudi human rights record
6 years ago

Congress members, activists slam Saudi human rights record

Al Jazeera  

Saudi Arabia’s human rights record has come under intense scrutiny since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Members of the US Congress, activists and families of detainees have slammed Saudi Arabia’s human rights record while urging the United States government to take action. ‘Criminal enterprise’ Saudi Arabia’s human rights record came under intense scrutiny following Khashoggi’s murder at the Saudi …

US human rights report notes Khashoggi killing, avoids mention of Saudi prince
6 years ago

US human rights report notes Khashoggi killing, avoids mention of Saudi prince

CNN  

Washington CNN — The State Department’s human rights report for 2018 released Wednesday notes Saudi Arabia’s killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi without mentioning Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who US intelligence services believe ordered the premeditated murder. “One thing the secretary has been very strong on as we went through the editing process this year is ‘let’s keep …

Saudi criticised over human rights by 36 countries
6 years ago

Saudi criticised over human rights by 36 countries

The Quint  

London, March 8 Thirty-six countries have signed an open letter criticising Saudi Arabia's human rights record, media reported. It urges Saudi Arabia to release human rights activists jailed for "exercising their fundamental freedoms" and to "disclose all information available" about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. "I call upon Saudi Arabia to ensure that all members of the public including …

Saudi Arabia criticized over human rights by 36 countries
6 years ago

Saudi Arabia criticized over human rights by 36 countries

CNN  

CNN — Thirty-six countries have signed an open letter criticizing Saudi Arabia’s human rights record. It urges Saudi Arabia to release human rights activists jailed for “exercising their fundamental freedoms” and to “disclose all information available” about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “I call upon Saudi Arabia to ensure that all members of the public including human rights defenders …

UN human rights chief calls for release of Saudi activists
6 years ago

UN human rights chief calls for release of Saudi activists

Al Jazeera  

The United Nations human rights chief has called on Saudi Arabia to release women activists allegedly tortured in detention after Saudi authorities accused them of harming the country’s interests. “Today, allow me to voice my concern at the apparently arbitrary arrest and detention and alleged ill-treatment and torture of several women human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia,” Bachelet – who …

Saudi leaders may be responsible for activists’ torture: UK MPs
6 years, 1 month ago

Saudi leaders may be responsible for activists’ torture: UK MPs

Al Jazeera  

They say the ‘highest Saudi authorities’ may be implicated in what is likely a violation of international law. Three British politicians have endorsed reports stating that women activists detained in Saudi Arabia have been tortured, and said responsibility for what is likely a violation of international law could lie with “Saudi authorities at the highest level”. The conclusions of the …

Rights groups call for access to Saudi detainees
6 years, 2 months ago

Rights groups call for access to Saudi detainees

Al Jazeera  

Rights groups have called on Saudi Arabia to grant them access to detainees in the kingdom a day after British parliamentarians threatened to publish their own report detailing allegations of mistreatment unless Riyadh allows them in by next week. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch on Friday called on Saudi Arabia to allow independent monitors to meet detainees, including women’s …

Story of disappeared Saudi power couple spotlights dissident crackdown
6 years, 2 months ago

Story of disappeared Saudi power couple spotlights dissident crackdown

CNN  

CNN — A stand-up comedian and women’s right-to-drive activist, Fahad al-Butairi and Loujain al-Hathloul, were once seen as a groundbreaking Saudi power couple in a country that was rapidly relaxing its strict social rules. “I’d like to see what they could do in this world, if they were given the chance,” adding, “I’d like to have that dinner with them …

Saudi Arabia Fears Critics Like Hasan Minhaj. But They'll Only Get Louder.
6 years, 2 months ago

Saudi Arabia Fears Critics Like Hasan Minhaj. But They'll Only Get Louder.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING After the worst year for Saudi Arabia’s image since the 9/11 attacks involved several of its citizens, the kingdom began 2019 with a fresh controversy by asking Netflix to block Saudi users from viewing an episode of “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj.” On Jan. 1, The Financial Times confirmed that Netflix had complied ― setting off international …

Torture, reform and women’s rights in Saudi Arabia
6 years, 4 months ago

Torture, reform and women’s rights in Saudi Arabia

Al Jazeera  

Hana Al-Khamri is a writer and analyst based in Sweden. On November 20, Amnesty International published a report detailing how Saudi women’s rights activists, arbitrarily arrested in a government crackdown earlier this year, have faced sexual harassment and torture during their interrogation. This is why Saudi women’s rights movements, which for the most part demand reform within the existing political …

Torture, reform and women’s rights in Saudi Arabia
6 years, 4 months ago

Torture, reform and women’s rights in Saudi Arabia

Al Jazeera  

Hana Al-Khamri is a writer and analyst based in Sweden. On November 20, Amnesty International published a report detailing how Saudi women’s rights activists, arbitrarily arrested in a government crackdown earlier this year, have faced sexual harassment and torture during their interrogation. This is why Saudi women’s rights movements, which for the most part demand reform within the existing political …

Trump’s Saudi support highlights brutality of ‘America First’ doctrine
6 years, 4 months ago

Trump’s Saudi support highlights brutality of ‘America First’ doctrine

CNN  

Washington CNN — It is the Trump doctrine laid bare. “I never thought I’d see the day a White House would moonlight as a public relations firm for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia,” he tweeted on Tuesday. Trump’s statement also included a Putin-esque misdirection play designed to cast doubt on the truth as well as it can be established …

Jamal Khashoggi's killing: At UN Human Rights review session, member states target Saudi Arabia
6 years, 4 months ago

Jamal Khashoggi's killing: At UN Human Rights review session, member states target Saudi Arabia

Firstpost  

Amid concerns over freedom of expression in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi representative insisted that it was a ‘guaranteed right’, before noting the launch of ‘many multilingual television and radio channels’ as evidence of people’s right to express their opinions. United Nations: Saudi Arabia expressed “regret and pain” over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and asserted its commitment to achieve …

Saudi Arabia grilled over human rights record at UN council
6 years, 4 months ago

Saudi Arabia grilled over human rights record at UN council

Al Jazeera  

Riyadh’s delegation in Geneva faces torrent of condemnation over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Delegations have been grilling Saudi Arabia on its human rights record at the UN in Geneva as it faces a torrent of international condemnation over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “UN member states must end their deafening silence on Saudi Arabia and do their …

Don't blame Saudi Arabia for corrupting the U.S. on human rights
6 years, 5 months ago

Don't blame Saudi Arabia for corrupting the U.S. on human rights

Salon  

As FAIR has noted for years, one of the primary ideological functions of U.S. corporate media is to maintain the mythology that the U.S. is a noble protector of democracy and arbiter of human rights. In a report on why Khashoggi’s killing was unlikely to fundamentally alter the U.S.-Saudi relationship, NBC News casually threw out this highly contestable claim: Adam …

The Saudi Arabian government is more lethal than any rogue killer (opinion)
6 years, 5 months ago

The Saudi Arabian government is more lethal than any rogue killer (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Kumi Naidoo is the secretary general of Amnesty International. As gruesome details surfaced in the media over the past weeks about what reportedly happened to Khashoggi, President Donald Trump, arguably one of the Saudi government’s staunchest allies, speculated that perhaps “rogue killers” were responsible. Meanwhile, the case has sent shock waves through Saudi Arabian human rights defenders and …

Khashoggi: Saudi Arabia can never be a democracy ‘on MBS watch’
6 years, 5 months ago

Khashoggi: Saudi Arabia can never be a democracy ‘on MBS watch’

Al Jazeera  

Self-exiled Saudi journalist says Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will never open the kingdom for democracy. A prominent Saudi journalist and former royal family adviser has criticised the government’s crackdown on Saudi intellectuals and journalists, lamenting that the kingdom will never become democratic under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Now, nobody will dare to speak and criticise the reforms,” he …

Saudi accused of impeding UN-backed war crimes probe in Yemen
6 years, 6 months ago

Saudi accused of impeding UN-backed war crimes probe in Yemen

Al Jazeera  

The Saudi-led military coalition has been accused of bombing multiple civilian targets, including hospitals. Saudi Arabia has been accused of attempting to shut down a UN-backed war crimes investigation in Yemen where thousands of civilians have died in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Human Rights Watch on Friday said Saudi Arabia was making a “blatant attempt to avoid scrutiny” of …

Saudi Arabia using anti-terror laws to detain and torture political dissidents, UN says
6 years, 9 months ago

Saudi Arabia using anti-terror laws to detain and torture political dissidents, UN says

The Independent  

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