Some of the women told Riyadh court on Wednesday they had been subjected to torture in detention, including electric shocks, sexual assault, and flogging, sources familiar with the matter said. ... The murder of Jamal Khashoggi inside Saudi Istanbul has exposed the narrow limits of the..…
By death adultery, The fact that another of Washington's major allies Saudi Arabia also punishes same-sex relations, apostasy and blasphemy never stopped the US from striking billions-worth of deals with Riyadh.. Also on rt.com Pentagon says Riyadh is too important to whip,..…
Also February, Turkish Yasin Aktay told Turkish NTV that the UN team considers the prince of Saudi Arabia the main person responsible for the killing of Khashoggi... Riyadh, however, has spurned all the allegations linking the killing to bin Salman and instead claimed that the murder has..…
Benjamin Netanyahu is building ties with anti-Iran Arab leaders from Riyadh to Doha and betting that a peace deal is no longer a necessary prerequisite for normalizing diplomatic ties. . . . . . . ... -Saudi Relations . Like it or not, Washington’s ties with Riyadh still matter...…
Benjamin Netanyahu is building ties with anti-Iran Arab leaders from Riyadh to Doha and betting that a peace deal is no longer a necessary prerequisite for normalizing diplomatic ties. . | March 28, 2019, 6:40 AM . ... Riyadh’s aspiration to reach a similar detente with Israel renders the..…
There, Riyadh hopes to build a pipeline that will allow it to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. ..…
RIYADH ISTANBUL - Three out of nearly Saudi women activists arrested over nine months ago were released on Thursday, state news agency SPA said, Reuters the rest were set to be freed on Sunday... ... Critics have said the case reveals the limits of the prince's promises to modernise..…
No journalists or diplomats were allowed to observe the second hearing of the case at Riyadh's criminal court.. ..…
In early November 1998, Freeh sent an FBI team to observe Saudi secret police officials asking eight Shi’a detainees the FBI’s questions from behind a one-way mirror at the Riyadh detention center. . By then Saudi secret police had already had two and half years to coach the..…
It remains to be seen if Riyadh will bend to international pressure - with the women possibly receiving acquittals or pardons - or pursue harsh sentences in case critics say has revealed the limits of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman's promises to modernise Saudi Arabia.. ..…
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