Exclusive: Senior Saudi Prince Sentenced to Death in Military Trial
Fahd bin Turki bin AbdulAziz, a nephew of King Salman, was sentenced to death for treason by attempting a coup to remove King Salman and his son Mohamed bin Salman (MBS), who serves as the minister of defense and the country’s de facto…
OpEd: Keep the Pressure on Saudi Arabia
President Joe Biden won't punish Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. And that's a wise decision—even though it comes as a disappointment to human rights activists.
In late February, the…
POLICY: RECALIBRATING U.S.-SAUDI RELATIONS
President Biden’s call for a full review of U.S.-Saudi relations is the single most consequential act by the U.S. Government regarding this core alliance in the past thirty years. The timing is significant, and many Congressional…
Biden Admin Rejected MBS Visit US, Leaked Royal Decree Says
The leaked royal decree orders the creation of a professional team to urgently leverage Saudi investments in the US and the help from Saudi Monarchy’s American friends and allies to pressure the State Department to end travel restrictions…
Opinion: Saudi Arabia sentenced my brother to 20 years for tweeting. This could be his last chance.
Opinion by Areej Al-Sadhan
May 3, 2021 at 9:46 a.m. EDT
It’s Time for a New Direction with Saudi Arabia
“Made in California, USA.” These were the words engraved on the handcuffs around my wrists as I sat in the cement corridor at Mabahith prison. I was 14 years old. My youngest brother Kamil spent a day there and he has been back behind bars…
Saudi Arabia imprisoned an aid worker for running an anti-government Twitter page. His sister says…
A Saudi terror court sentenced aid worker Abdulrahman al-Sadhan to 20 years in prison on Tuesday.
His sister says it shows Biden's plan to punish Saudi Arabia for rights abuses is having little effect.
Saudi Arabia freed several…
Twitter Is Enabling Saudi Arabia’s Brutal Crackdown on Dissent
The jailing of a dissident and two lawsuits reveal Twitter’s complicity with MBS’s dictatorship.
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Ali Ahmed Contacts in Saudi Arabia Being Disappeared
Saudi Arabia imprisoned an aid worker for running an anti-government Twitter page. His sister says it shows MBS is testing Biden's pledge to be tough on the kingdom.
BBC: Saudi school lessons in UK concern government
Another text describes the punishment for gay sex as death and states a difference of opinion about whether it should be carried out by stoning, burning with fire or throwing the person over a cliff.