The government's efforts to promote human rights in Saudi Arabia have resulted in failure, an influential committee of MPs has found.

There is something intensely depressing about the news that Human Right Watch is trying to raise money in Saudi Arabia out of its work on alleged Israeli human rights abuses. As Jeffrey Goldberg reports: “...the director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East division is attempting to raise funds from Saudis, including a member of the Shura Council (which oversees, on behalf of the Saudi m...

Normblog has a dig at those on the left who speak up for Hugo Chavez. Norm uses a Human Rights Watch report on Chavez to expose their double standards. Just to be consistent though, perhaps Norm should also highlight the very same Human Rights Watch's view of the United States of America instead of acting as an apologist for them.... "Reversing the abuses of human rights must be a first prio...

The government's efforts to promote human rights in Saudi Arabia have resulted in failure, an influential committee of MPs has found.

Yes, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is sixty years old today. Sadly, Human Rights remains firmly on the agenda thanks to some of the worst offenders against human rights: Azerbaijan Bangladesh Cameroon  China Cuba Djibouti  Jordan Malaysia  Mexico Nigeria Russian Federation Saudi Arabia  Sorry, sorry, I was at the wrong website. I was reading Human Rights Watch ...

Join this Facebook group: Defense Teams for jailed Saudi Activists Are observing and Calling for a Two-Day Hunger Strike To Show Solidarity with Detainees and To Support Their Human Rights Saudi Justice system and legal procedures (e.g., Criminal Procedure and Arrest and Detention Laws) had failed to render just judgments to jailed Saudi human-right activists who have

Back in February, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah appointed Noura Al-Faiz as deputy minister for education, the highest post a woman has ever reached in Saudi government. The appointment was hailed far and wide as a sign of Saudi Arabia reforming its government and its stance of women's rights - TIME Magazine even named al-Faiz to its TIME 100. But perhaps that excitement came prematurely: ...

Pickled Politics has an article up on racism in Saudi Arabia and other oil-rich Arab states.

There is a sense this deal is getting closer and closer. Saudi Arabia plans to raise its arms purchases from the United States to $90bn from the $60bn announced last year, as the kingdom seeks to upgrade it navy, diplomats in the Gulf said this week. Last year, US officials said Riyadh planned to buy $ 60bn worth of military aircraft, including upgrades to existing fleets.Some additional notes. &l...

The United States won election to the UN Human Rights Council for the first time yesterday, joining 17 other nations picked for the body, after the Obama administration ended a US policy of boycotting it.