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8 Sep 2011, 3:50 pm by Ed Shanahan
With the filing of a new 9/11 complaint against Saudi Arabia just days before the tenth anniversary of the attacks, the plaintiffs war on terror marches on. [read post]
The US Intelligence report on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, released Friday, found that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman approved the operation to capture or kill the Saudi journalist. [read post]
3 Nov 2009, 7:25 pm
Saudi Arabia has executed 56 people this year under laws that allow the death penalty for rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking. [read post]
6 Jan 2017, 10:30 am by Bruce Riedel
The alliance’s military exercises last year in northeast Saudi Arabia were clearly designed to thwart a hypothetical Iranian aggression against the Kingdom. [read post]
16 Nov 2017, 11:00 am by Karen Young
Saudi Arabia is in a period of top-down restructuring, creating risk and opportunity for its citizens and ruling family. [read post]
2 Nov 2020, 4:51 am
However, the decree has not yet taken effect, and rights groups warn that the death penalty is still in place.Under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Saudi Arabia has signed, the death penalty is outlawed for crimes committed by minors.Overall, the Wahhabi kingdom has one of the worst human rights records in the world with violations committed mainly by its police and security forces.Human Rights Watch recently obtained and analysed the charge sheets for… [read post]
12 Nov 2010, 11:54 am by The Editors
His actions, they said, made him an “infidel” — a word that apparently carries legal weight in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. [read post]
16 Nov 2023, 5:55 am by Shahed Ghoreishi
-Saudi mutual defense agreement would reportedly include a political commitment to defend Saudi Arabia in the event the kingdom is attacked, effectively staking U.S. credibility on sending Americans to fight on behalf of an authoritarian monarchy. [read post]
23 Feb 2018, 8:49 am by Jason Kilborn
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has approved a new bankruptcy law. [read post]
16 May 2023, 4:02 pm by Ashley Belanger
Enlarge (credit: Thomas Trutschel / Contributor | Photothek) While based in the United States from 2008 to 2014, human rights activist Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan tweeted critically about the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to more than 160,000 followers. [read post]
19 Sep 2017, 7:11 am by J. Dana Stuster
  This Is What Authoritarian Upgrading Looks Like Saudi Arabia’s economic reform project, Saudi Vision 2030, is reaching a critical juncture. [read post]
23 Sep 2009, 12:05 am
UAE's The National reports that today in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, the King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) will be dedicated. [read post]
10 Oct 2015, 9:44 pm by Tom Smith
As if there weren’t already enough problems to worry about in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia might be headed for trouble. [read post]
8 Nov 2017, 9:08 am by Tom Smith
November 7, 2017 Amman, Jordan—It was a scene never before seen in Saudi Arabia: 49 princes, ministers, and tycoons – the untouchables – being arrested on corruption charges.While some analysts have portrayed the move as a chilling purge of political rivals, others say Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is making good on his promise for no less than a new social contract for Saudi Arabia.In fact, both appear to be correct. [read post]
8 Apr 2017, 3:58 am
Only this week, the Prime Minister visited Saudi Arabia and Jordan (see Prime Minister's visit to Saudi Arabia and Jordan: April 2017 4 April 2017 HMG's website) and [read post]
18 Jul 2017, 1:46 pm
"... exposing her legs and midriff in violation of the country’s strict dress code for women," the NYT reports.The video of the woman, identified online only as Khulood, prompted a debate on social media soon after it was uploaded to Snapchat over the weekend....Some people on Twitter called the woman brave and accused Saudi Arabia of hypocrisy for often celebrating the beauty of foreign women while denigrating that of its own citizens.Other Saudis… [read post]
31 Oct 2017, 7:21 am by J. Dana Stuster
  Saudi Arabia Tries to Woo Investors Saudi Arabia is working to reassure the business community that its economic reform plan, Saudi Vision 2030, remains on track. [read post]
19 Oct 2015, 6:34 am by Eugene Volokh
The two girls were born in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and it Is priority for them to stay in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia rather than any other country, in particular their brother … is living with their father, the plaintiff for the whole family to live under the same roof. [read post]