20 March 2014

Saudi Arabia's human rights 'rebrand' is fooling no one

The latest reports of Saudi concessions on human rights might as well be called Operation Rebrand Saudi Arabia. Of 225 demands issued by the UN human rights council in 2013, the Saudi delegation conceded to 180.

Over the past couple of days, Saudi representatives have been on BBC's Newsnight, CNN's Amanpour and other outlets billing this as a landmark step in the right direction, sanctioned by no less a person than the king himself.

[A COMMENT] Here's an idea. The West takes in the women who want to be refugees but the blokes stay where they are.

"Westerners have a hard time "understanding"." There's not a lot to understand. I've worked there. It's shite (No pun intended) and they really do hate Westerners. [Guardian Cif] Read more