Saudi Arabia : Human Rights Abuses in International Spotlight - HRW

[sharon sanders]

Saudi Arabia: Abuses in International Spotlight
Election to Human Rights Council Should Bring Concrete Improvements

OCTOBER 20, 2013

Many countries have problematic records, but Saudi Arabia stands out for its extraordinarily high levels of repression and its failure to carry out its promises to the Human Rights Council. Countries should use this opportunity to send a strong, unified message that Saudi Arabia needs to make critical human rights reforms.

Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director


(Geneva) ? Other countries should use the rare opportunity for scrutiny of Saudi Arabia?s human rights record on October 21, 2013, to press for concrete steps to end abuses. Country representatives gathering in Geneva for the United Nations Human Rights Council?s periodic review of Saudi Arabia should press for actions that include the immediate release of Saudi activists jailed over the past year solely for peacefully advocating reform.

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Re: Saudi Arabia : Human Rights Abuses in International Spotlight - HRW

Source: http://www.france24.com/en/20131021-amnesty-says-saudi-rights-record-getting-worse

21 October 2013 - 08H34

Amnesty says Saudi rights record getting worse

AFP - Amnesty International on Monday said Saudi Arabia had failed to act on UN recommendations and "ratcheted up the repression" since 2009, with the arbitrary detention and torture of activists.

The London-based watchdog's statement was released ahead of a UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva on Monday to discuss the oil-rich kingdom's record, and comes after Riyadh rejected a seat on the UN Security Council, citing the international body's "double standards" and inability to resolve regional conflicts...