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Saudi Arabia wins World Cup bid despite human rights fears
Saudi Arabia has been confirmed as the host of the 2034 men’s football World Cup finals – despite its dismal human rights record.
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Over 1000 pilgrims reported dead during hajj in Saudi Arabia
More than a thousand people are reported to have died during this year’s hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia – in scorching temperatures which rose above 50 degrees celsius.
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Football fans protest ‘sportswashing’ Saudi Arabia friendlies at Newcastle United
The Great North Run this weekend will draw 60 thousand runners to the streets of Tyneside and a TV audience of millions. But there’s another international sporting fixture in Newcastle tonight that’s proving much more controversial.
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Saudi Arabian border guards accused of killing hundreds of migrants in new report
Saudi Arabian border guards have been accused of killing hundreds of migrants as they tried to cross the border from Yemen – with one person telling the Human Rights Watch group that they were “fired on like rain”.
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Leeds university student sentenced to 34 years in prison in Saudi Arabia over Twitter account
A Leeds university student has been sentenced to 34 years in prison in Saudi Arabia, after she returned to her homeland for a holiday.
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Saudi Arabia pledges to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2060
Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s biggest oil exporters, has pledged to try and reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2060 although it will still continue to produce fossil fuels.
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It will be ‘very uncomfortable’ for US to deal with Saudi Arabia after Khashoggi report, says former US ambassador
Senior research fellow at Chatham House Sanam Vakil and former US ambassador talks to us about the US report into Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
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Awkward questions avoided at digital G20 Summit in Saudi Arabia
World leaders should have been gathering for the G20 Summit in Saudi Arabia. But the pandemic means the meetings are all happening via Zoom, which has solved the potential embarrassment for many of being wined and dined by a regime accused of serious human rights abuses. But as Anja Popp reports, the Saudi hosts are…
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Activist Ghanem al-Masarir given permission to sue Saudi Arabia in UK over alleged hack of his phone
A leading Saudi dissident has been granted permission by the High Court in London to sue the Saudi government – for allegedly hacking his mobile phone.
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Saudi Arabia sentences five to death for Khashoggi murder
Five people sentenced to death, three to prison, three acquitted and others not charged.
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Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancee on his murder: ‘Those in Saudi Arabia who carried this out should not be able to escape’
The murder of Jamal Khashoggi a year ago this week was the most depraved attack on a journalist in modern times.
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Iran warns they will ‘destroy’ aggressors after Trump pledges troops to Saudi Arabia
We will “destroy any aggressor” – that was the message from the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, after the US announced it would send hundreds more troops to the Gulf to support Saudi Arabia – a move the US Defence Secretary described as “defensive in nature” Saudi Arabia said it would take appropriate steps if…
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Saudi Arabia relaxes travel restrictions for women
Women in Saudi Arabia will in future be able to apply for a passport or travel without the permission of a male guardian. It is a victory for women’s rights in the kingdom. But many restrictions remain.
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UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia ‘unlawful’
The government is to halt the granting of new licences to export arms to Saudi Arabia for the time being after a Court of Appeal ruling that it had not followed the correct legal procedure in the past.
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Saudi Arabian women’s rights activists on trial
A privately-funded rocket has taken a major step towards once-again sending American astronauts into space from US soil.
