When the Saudi embassy in Tehran was ransacked after the execution of the Shi’a cleric Nimr al-Nimr in January of this year, followed by Saudi Arabia cutting diplomatic ties and banning its citizens from travelling to Iran, I stayed up for nights on end watching the news and – not to ...
Saudi Arabia - Monarchy, Sharia, Tribes: Saudi Arabia is a monarchy ruled by the Saud dynasty (Āl Saʿūd), a family whose status was established by its close ties with and support for the Wahhābī religious establishment. Islamic law, the Sharia,
RIYADH, March 30 (Xinhua) -- The Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) in Yemen said on Wednesday that it has investigated allegations on human-rights violations against the Saudi-led coalition fighting a war in Yemen and found out that the coalition is not responsible for most of them, th...
Shehab's prison sentence was longer than any previously given to an activist or dissident in Saudi Arabia, male or female, and might indicate an escalation in the Saudi government's crackdown against people who challenge its narrative, the European Saudi Organization for Human Rights (ESOHR) ...
(Tomdispatch.com) – Princess Reema bint Bandar Al-Saud, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the U.S., was on the hot seat. In early March 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic swept the world, oil pricescollapsedand a price war broke out between Saudi Arabia and Russia, leaving American oil and...
The governing body further explained “this dialogue will focus on the defined priority areas of the event vision and key metrics, infrastructure, services, commercial, and sustainability and human rights.” Saudi Arabia has been accused of “appalling” human...
The steps have been paired with hesitant attempts to shore up Saudi Arabia’s badly bruised image as a result of repeated human rights violations as part of a brutal crackdown on all dissenting voices. They are as much designed to bolster the kingdom’s leadership ambitions as they are intend...
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic and social reforms which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Kingdom) embarked on at the inception of Vision 2030 have largely continued. Many of these reforms are aimed at market liberalization, while adapting to the
In the 20 years that have passed since the transplant, the accusations against the medical team haven’t been properly investigated. There hasn’t been any updates about whether Dr. Fageeh or other doctors in Saudi Arabia have attempted new womb transplantations. In their apology,The Lancetd...
SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance Company has announced in a bourse filing that Sultan Muhammad Abdul Raouf has resigned as a member of the company’s audit committee effective the 20th July 2020. Sultan Muhammad, whose membership began on the 24th March 2020, cited personal reasons...