Saudi Arabia chosen to head human rights panel whilst sentencing citizen to crucifixion
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Nikkormat
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More from Dagbladet, threats to a Saudi in London: - They sent me pictures of a saw
teqniq
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Fuck's sake:
www.theguardian.com
Saudi prosecutor seeks maximum jail sentence for women's rights activist
Loujain al-Hathloul, one of kingdom’s most prominent human rights campaigners, may face 20 years behind bars
tim
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A six year sentence for Loujain Al Hathoul but she only has to serve another three months. Apparently, they need to save face whilst keeping Biden happy.
Saudi rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul sentenced to almost six years in jail
Saudi rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul sentenced to almost six years in jail
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
I sometimes wonder what the world would look like today if after 9/11 the United States had done something about Saudi Arabia
teqniq
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You can see pretty clearly from these before and after photos, what effect 3 years in prison has had on her:
found via:
found via:
Saudi accused of threat to Khashoggi UN investigator is human rights chief
Awwad al-Awwad, former aide of crown prince, denies threatening to ‘take care of’ Agnès Callamard
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From Amnesty...............
I am writing with some terrible news. Mustafa Hashem a-Darwish was executed today - on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. His family were given no warning. They found out this morning by reading the news. [1]
Mustafa was only 17 years old - a child - at the time of ‘crimes’ for which he was sentenced to death. He was only 26 years old when he was executed by the Saudi Arabian state this morning.
Since I first shared Mustafa’s case with you two weeks ago, thousands of us across the Reprieve community have been fighting to try and spare Mustafa’s life. Over 4,200 of us called on Dominic Raab MP to raise Mustafa’s case specifically with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman when they met last Monday.
When asked in Parliament to say whether he did raise Mustafa’s case, Mr. Raab declined to say. Now, one week later, Mustafa has been executed.
When he was arrested, Mustafa was placed in solitary confinement and beaten so badly that he lost consciousness several times. To make the torture stop, he ‘confessed’. At trial, he told the court that he’d only ‘confessed’ to make that torture stop.
But he was still sentenced to death.
Mustafa isn't the only child defendant at risk of execution in Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah al Howaiti is another Reprieve client and child defendant facing execution in Saudi Arabia. He shouldn’t be. He has several alibis and there is CCTV footage showing that someone else committed the crime. [2] But right now, Abdullah and eight other child defendants are at risk in Saudi Arabia.
This is a human rights crisis. Saudi Arabia promised to abolish the death penalty for child defandants in April 2020. [3] They revelled in positive headlines at the time. But Mustafa’s case shows that these announcements are nothing more than a mere PR stunt. And now, our leaders are shying away from their responsibility to hold Saudi Arabia’s leaders accountable to that promise.
Thank you for every action you took for Mustafa. We are thinking of Mustafa and his family at this difficult time. Together, we will keep shining a on his case - and Saudi Arabia’s false promises. We will continue putting the spotlight on Mustafa so his family can receive justice. And we will continue fighting for other child defendants like Abdullah in the Kingdom.
Thank you for fighting for Mustafa. May he rest in peace.
Jeed Basyouni
Head of Death Penalty (Middle East and North Africa)
I am writing with some terrible news. Mustafa Hashem a-Darwish was executed today - on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. His family were given no warning. They found out this morning by reading the news. [1]
Mustafa was only 17 years old - a child - at the time of ‘crimes’ for which he was sentenced to death. He was only 26 years old when he was executed by the Saudi Arabian state this morning.
Since I first shared Mustafa’s case with you two weeks ago, thousands of us across the Reprieve community have been fighting to try and spare Mustafa’s life. Over 4,200 of us called on Dominic Raab MP to raise Mustafa’s case specifically with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman when they met last Monday.
When asked in Parliament to say whether he did raise Mustafa’s case, Mr. Raab declined to say. Now, one week later, Mustafa has been executed.
When he was arrested, Mustafa was placed in solitary confinement and beaten so badly that he lost consciousness several times. To make the torture stop, he ‘confessed’. At trial, he told the court that he’d only ‘confessed’ to make that torture stop.
But he was still sentenced to death.
Mustafa isn't the only child defendant at risk of execution in Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah al Howaiti is another Reprieve client and child defendant facing execution in Saudi Arabia. He shouldn’t be. He has several alibis and there is CCTV footage showing that someone else committed the crime. [2] But right now, Abdullah and eight other child defendants are at risk in Saudi Arabia.
This is a human rights crisis. Saudi Arabia promised to abolish the death penalty for child defandants in April 2020. [3] They revelled in positive headlines at the time. But Mustafa’s case shows that these announcements are nothing more than a mere PR stunt. And now, our leaders are shying away from their responsibility to hold Saudi Arabia’s leaders accountable to that promise.
Thank you for every action you took for Mustafa. We are thinking of Mustafa and his family at this difficult time. Together, we will keep shining a on his case - and Saudi Arabia’s false promises. We will continue putting the spotlight on Mustafa so his family can receive justice. And we will continue fighting for other child defendants like Abdullah in the Kingdom.
Thank you for fighting for Mustafa. May he rest in peace.
Jeed Basyouni
Head of Death Penalty (Middle East and North Africa)
teqniq
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Well no surprises here....
www.hrw.org
Saudi Arabia: New Details of Alleged Torture Leaked
New accounts have emerged of alleged torture of high-profile political detainees in Saudi prisons, Human Rights Watch said today. Saudi authorities failed to independently and credibly investigate allegations that Saudi authorities tortured Saudi women’s rights activists and others detained in...
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14 years old at time of alleged crime and tortured. Ok, Abdullah al Huwaiti has been released. For now. but can be retried. 
www.nytimes.com
Saudi Court Blocks Execution of Man Convicted of Crime Committed at 14
Rights groups said the death sentence for Abdullah al-Huwaiti ran contrary to the kingdom’s claimed legal reforms. Now he’ll be retried.
teqniq
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Remember the people that were locked up in the Ritz-Carlton, members of the royal family and businessmen? Well after what appears to be some influence/pressure from American politicians some of them are getting visits from their families:
dawnmena.org
Saudi Authorities Reveal Location of Disappeared Royals, Allow Family Visits
(Washington D.C., November 22, 2021) – After over three years of detention without charge, Saudi authorities have confirmed they are detaining Prince Salman (Ghazalan) Al Saud, and his father, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Muhammed in an unofficial detention site that appears to be a private...
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It's not just about films, or even the arts. Sport, business, oil, arms. Lots of calls for boycotts of Saudi from many places but no one has the guts or are too easily bought.
www.theguardian.com
Saudi film festival is a ‘whitewash’ by authorities, say critics
Gulf regime accused of using glamour of show business to distract attention from rights abuses within the country and beyond
Curiouscarl
Active Member
Hahaha. God I how silly life is.
I used to think, events like this were absurd.
Now, I realise, this is life.
I used to think, events like this were absurd.
Now, I realise, this is life.
Curiouscarl
Active Member
A man with no hands, voted best hand juggler.
Allegedly, if you stop breathing. you die?
Don't believe what you read though.
Allegedly, if you stop breathing. you die?
Don't believe what you read though.
8ball
Decolonise colons!
It's not just about films, or even the arts. Sport, business, oil, arms. Lots of calls for boycotts of Saudi from many places but no one has the guts or are too easily bought.
Saudi film festival is a ‘whitewash’ by authorities, say critics
Gulf regime accused of using glamour of show business to distract attention from rights abuses within the country and beyond
I help out with running a small local (as in we hold it in our little town in non-Covid times) international short film festival.
We have been shooting up the ranks of the best-regarded little film festivals in recent years (not taking personal credit for that, the festival director is one of the most dynamic characters I have ever met).
As it happens, we have received some interest from a certain area in terms of a collaborative effort that would help improve the profile of our little festival quite markedly.
Can you guess which area that might be?
tim
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81 people executed in one day, presumably, hoping to use the invasion of Ukraine and the increased need for Saudi oil as cover.
Saudi Arabia executes 81 men in one day
Saudi Arabia executes 81 men in one day
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Like hell he has ( 3 more executions btw)
BBC News - Saudi Arabia: Boris Johnson to raise human rights in energy talks
BBC News - Saudi Arabia: Boris Johnson to raise human rights in energy talks
Saudi Arabia: Johnson says he raised human rights in energy talks
Boris Johnson's visit aims to build a coalition against President Putin, and secure energy supplies.
www.bbc.co.uk
teqniq
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The road the Saudi embassy in Washington is located on just got renamed:
apnews.com
DC trolls Saudi embassy by naming street Jamal Khashoggi Way
WASHINGTON (AP) — One month ahead of President Joe Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia , the District of Columbia is renaming the street in front of the Saudi embassy Jamal Khashoggi Way, trolling Riyadh for its role in the killing of the dissident Saudi activist and journalist in 2018.
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teqniq
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In light of Biden's visit because you know, oil, there's this timely reminder:
www.vox.com
Biden arrives in a Saudi Arabia where human rights violations go far beyond Khashoggi’s murder
"Saudi Arabia is now a police state," says one activist.
www.vox.com
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I think I'll have to stick with my old Aston for a few more years
www.theguardian.com
Aston Martin raises £650m as Saudi Arabia takes a stake
Executive chairman ‘very comfortable’ with investment to help British manufacturer pay down large debts
teqniq
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Heard on the radio earlier Biden being reported as saying to MBS's face that he hold him 'personally responsible' for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi so that's something, but it kinda looks lame when he's there to ask that more oil be pumped. One of MBS's aides smoothly denying anything of the sort - so they really don't give a fuck, unsurprisingly.
teqniq
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This is possibly connected to MBS as Asim Ghafoor is a former lawyer for Jamal Khashoggi and his fiancé. DAWN asking that Biden refuse to meet MBZ in Saudi until Asim Ghafoor is released:
UAE: Immediately Release Asim Ghafoor, Former Lawyer for Jamal Khashoggi and DAWN Board Member
United Arab Emirates (UAE) security agents have detained U.S. citizen and Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) Board Member Asim Ghafoor at the Dubai International Airport on what appears to be politically motivated in absentia conviction.
dawnmena.org
UAE: Immediately Release Asim Ghafoor, Former Lawyer for Jamal Khashoggi and DAWN Board Member
United Arab Emirates (UAE) security agents have detained U.S. citizen and Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) Board Member Asim Ghafoor at the Dubai International Airport on what appears to be politically motivated in absentia conviction.
dawnmena.org
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putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon
A warm welcome from Emmanuel Macron, including the full red carpet treatment, for the abuser of human rights Mohammed bin Salman:
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