Full Coverage: Saudi Arabia

27.09.2009 Malnutrition is a serious problem in Pakistan with rising food prices a contributory factor. How can it make sense for the government to lease 500,000 hectares of agricultural land to Saudi Arabia? IRIN News

22.07.2009 The Saudi Arabian authorities have launched a sustained assault on human rights under the façade of countering terrorism, says a new report.

10.10.2008 At least 1,252 people were executed in 24 countries last year - though the real figure is certainly higher - with 88 per cent occurring in China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the US.

11.09.2008 Ending executions for crimes committed by children in just five countries - Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Pakistan, and Yemen - would result in universal implementation of the prohibition on the juvenile death penalty, says a leading rights organisation.

31.07.2008 A change in the law is needed in the wake of the House of Lords ruling in favour of the Serious Fraud Office's termination of a corruption investigation into BAE arms deals with Saudi Arabia, say campaigners.

29.07.2008 The House of Lords will give its verdict on Wednesday on the Serious Fraud Office's appeal against a ruling that its director acted unlawfully when he stopped a corruption investigation into a huge BAE-Saudi arms deal.

25.07.2008 Petroleum-fuelled prosperity is masking the challenge of oil depletion and removing the sense of urgency that is desperately needed to promote diversification in oil-exporting states, a report warns.

21.04.2008 Saudi Arabia's male guardianship of women and policies of sex segregation stop women from enjoying their basic rights, says a Human Rights Watch report released today.

15.04.2008 Saudi Arabia had the highest number of executions per capita, followed by Iran and Libya, according to a new Amnesty survey that says 88 per cent of all known executions took place in China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the US.

09.04.2008 With judgement still awaited on a landmark judicial review of the decision to halt an inquiry into a Saudi arms deal corruption investigation, the UK Government has introduced draft legislation that would in effect prevent such a review in future.

12.02.2008 The number of beggars held by Saudi authorities increased by almost 6,000 last year, according to the country's Ministry of Social Affairs.
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11.02.2008 A court case contesting the legality of the UK Serious Fraud Office's decision to scrap its investigation into alleged bribery by BAE Systems to secure a huge arms deal with Saudi Arabia will be heard in London on Thursday.

07.12.2007 China was named Good Guy at the UN climate change negotiations in Bali on Friday, Malaysia was condemned to join Saudi Arabia, Japan and Canada in the Bad Guys group and Australia and India were told to make up their mind which category they wanted to be in.

06.12.2007 Abdul Rahman al-Lahem, the lawyer of a Saudi Arabian rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in prison, is being charged for negative statements he made about the Saudi judiciary's handling of the case.

05.12.2007 Saudi Arabia was given the Fossil of the Day Award by NGOs at the climate change conference in Bali, Indonesia, on Wednesday.

04.12.2007 Does Japan want to scrap the international agreement on climate change, the world's biggest climate action NGO network asked at the start of the second day of United Nations negotiations on a programme to tackle global warming.

27.11.2007 The Zionist Power Configuration defeats Big Oil, the Military Industrial Complex, the White House, and the Pentagon, says James Petras.

12.09.2007 NEW YORK, Sep 11 (OneWorld) - Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, the United States' two closest allies in its so-called "war on terror," violated international law this week when a key political opposition leader was forcibly flown out of one country and into to the other, a leading human rights watchdog has charged.

07.08.2007 The U.S. arms deal with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Israel represents the abandonment of President Bush's democratic reform agenda in the region, says foreign policy analyst Matt Duss.

27.07.2007 NEW YORK, Jul 27 (OneWorld) - Calls for increased help from Washington are on the rise as global efforts to tackle the world's burgeoning water and sanitation crisis have largely failed to produce any meaningful results so far.