Saudi Arabia

Riyadh (AFP) – Saudi women have mounted a rare protest against the abaya, posting pictures on social media wearing the obligatory body-shrouding robe inside out. The conservative petro-state has some of the world’s toughest restrictions on women, who are required to wear the typically all-black garment in public. Powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in […]

By Afef Abrougui | – (Global Voices) | – Human rights advocate Israa Al-Ghomgham is facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, for her non-violent human rights related activities. Al-Ghomgham was arrested in 2015 along with her husband, activist Mousa Al-Hashim, over their roles in anti-government protests in Al-Qatif back in 2011, when pro-democracy protests […]

A message captured in the audio record of the killing of Jamal Khashoggi is widely believed to be an instruction to notify the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman that the operation to slay the Washington Post journalist had been carried out successfully. In the recording, which Turkey has said was passed on to western allies, […]

by Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi Ankara (AFP) – Turkey has shared recordings linked to the murder last month of journalist Jamal Khashoggi with Riyadh, Washington and other capitals, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday. “We gave them the recordings, we gave them to Saudi Arabia, we gave them to Washington, to the Germans, to the French, to […]

Dubai (AFP) – Amnesty International said on Wednesday it feared 12 minority Shiites in Saudi Arabia faced “imminent” execution after their cases were transferred to a powerful security body that reports directly to the king. The men, sentenced to death in a mass trial in 2016 after being convicted of spying for regional rival Iran, […]

Citing unnamed officials, the Turkish news report said that the suitcases were taken to the Saudi consul general’s house on the same day i.e. Oct. 2 where his body was allegedly dissolved in acid. Turkish media Sabah reported Sunday that Jamal Khashoggi’s body was dismembered and put into five suitcases after he was strangled in […]

(48Hills) – Mid-term elections could reverse Trump policies By Reese Erlich – November 1, 2018 The murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has backfired on the Saudi royal family by focusing new attention on its vicious war on Yemen. The last few weeks have seen startling new reports on civilian atrocities and growing support […]

Tennis superstars Nadal and Djokovic are considering withdrawing from the games after the brutal murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Swiss tennis player Roger Federer, ranked third in the world, turned down a US$1 million offer to play in an exhibition match in Saudi Arabia this December. His decision comes after the murder of a […]