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In a statement read before the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), 29 member states condemned the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over serious human rights violations and called for accountability for the 2018 murder of a Washington Post journalist. [read post]
The NAP is one of the ongoing efforts of Saudi Arabia to deal with human trafficking issues after the Kingdom launched its first-ever national referral mechanism (NRM) in March 2020. [read post]
4 Jan 2016, 3:35 pm by Tom Smith
Saudi Arabia rallied Sunni allies to its side in a growing diplomatic row with Iran on Monday, deepening a sectarian split across the Middle East following the kingdom's execution of a prominent Shi'ite cleric. [read post]
Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 men in one day for charges ranging from terrorism to holding “deviant beliefs,” according to Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior. [read post]
2 Jan 2016, 6:44 pm
Source: The Independent (1 January 2016)http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/putting-saudi-arabias-execution-of-47-people-into-historical-context--b1ePJGtzpixSaudi Arabia has executed 47 people convicted of terrorist offences, including prominent Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr.Al-Nimr was an outspoken supporter of the protests in the east of the kingdom in 2011, and was arrested alongside his nephew Ali al-Nimr (17 at the time) in 2012, for charges of (among other… [read post]
12 Sep 2023, 6:00 am by Mike LaChance
"The White House commending the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the anniversary of 9/11 while the Kingdom is still actively fighting the 9/11 families & survivors in federal court is something.... [read post]
15 Nov 2018, 2:21 pm by Manny Marotta
The US Department of the Treasury on Thursday announced a set of economic sanctions against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in retaliation for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last month. [read post]
21 Mar 2016, 12:55 pm
"In November last year, two Saudi newspapers reported that Saudi Arabia was planning to execute more than 50 people for "terrorist crimes" that killed more than 100 civilians and 71 security personnel.The 47 executed on Jan. 2 were mostly Sunnis convicted of al Qaeda attacks in the kingdom a decade ago. [read post]
1 Sep 2018, 1:59 pm by Tom Smith
Saudi Arabia frequently uses the death penalty for a range of crimes including murder, adultery and apostasy, but crucifixions are much rarer. [read post]
27 Sep 2021, 6:17 am by Aaron R. Hutman and Khalid R. Kamal
On September 14, 2021, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA’ s) Cabinet of Ministers launched a new Permanent Ministerial Committee for Examining Foreign Investments (CEFI) that would review foreign investments for potential national security threats. [read post]
15 Jan 2020, 6:19 am by Tyler Gillett
According to a report released Monday by a UK human rights group, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia executed 184 people last year, the most in a calendar year since the group began monitoring executions six years ago. [read post]
5 Apr 2023, 6:13 am by Simon Mabon
In a letter, Saudi King Salman invited Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to visit Saudi Arabia. [read post]
19 Oct 2018, 11:30 am by Tamara Cofman Wittes
For decades, while the kingdom was competing for influence in the Arab world with the secular nationalist regimes of Egypt, Iraq, and Syria, Saudi Arabia welcomed to its soil Brotherhood members who were persecuted or unsafe in their home countries. [read post]
12 Mar 2022, 9:24 am by Tom Smith
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reportedly plans a trip to Saudi Arabia next week over oil prices as well.The number of death penalty cases being carried out in Saudi Arabia had dropped during the coronavirus pandemic, though the kingdom continued to behead convicts under King Salman and his assertive son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. [read post]
27 Nov 2015, 6:33 am by Walter Olson
Tags: Saudi Arabia, TwitterSaudi Arabia plans to sue Twitter user who called it #ISISlike is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has recently issued its first comprehensive national data protection law. [read post]
14 Apr 2014, 12:58 pm by Tom Smith
Qahtani's mother had warned him about the penguin dance, a perky conga-line of bounces and kicks that landed in Saudi Arabia from out of nowhere late last year. [read post]
5 Jun 2017, 11:05 am by Bruce Riedel
. *** Last month, President Trump visited Saudi Arabia and his administration announced that he had concluded a $110 billion arms deal with the kingdom. [read post]
18 Feb 2007, 7:18 am
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] said Saturday in a new report on Saudi Arabia [JURIST news archive] that respect for human rights in the Kingdom seemed to be improving but violations and abuses persisted. [read post]