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Saudi Arabia promotes ‘appeasement and development’ in the Middle East and beyond

·September 29, 2024·2 min read

Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud said the world is seeing an increase in crises, and unfortunately the international community is just looking to manage them, rather than find concrete solutions. “In this context of tensions between countries, we wish to warn against political polarization,” he said, underlining the need for...

‘Genuine prospect of Palestinian statehood is critical’, UNRWA chief tells emergency summit in Saudi Arabia

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·November 12, 2023·2 min read

Philippe Lazzarini was addressing an emergency summit convened by the League of Arab States and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation where he called for urgent support for civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on three fronts. He called on leaders at the Arab-Islamic summit to “act now to change the trajectory”...

Human rights experts alarmed over ‘imminent executions’ in Saudi Arabia

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·May 8, 2023·3 min read

“Despite being charged with terrorism, they were reportedly arrested for resisting forced evictions in the name of the NEOM project and the construction of a 170km linear city called The Line,” the UN experts said. ‘Smart city’ project NEOM is a futuristic urban development project backed by the Saudi Public...

Resolution of ‘racism’ complaint brought by Qatar against UAE and Saudi Arabia

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·February 3, 2023·1 min read

The ad hoc Conciliation Commission was established by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in the wake of a diplomatic crisis between the neighbouring Gulf nations, nearly eight years ago. “I hope that the consensus found by Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia to discontinue...

Saudi Arabia a strategic partner in UN support for Palestine refugees, amid concern over escalating violence

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·February 1, 2023·1 min read

In a first since 2020, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini visited Saudi Arabia on 28 and 29 January at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Longtime Saudi solidarity with Palestine refugees topped the agenda of his talks with the Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Waleed ElKhereji, and the Supervisor-General...

Saudi Arabia: Quash death sentence for Jordanian convicted of drug offences, urge UN experts

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·December 2, 2022·2 min read

“Under international law, States that have not yet abolished the death penalty may only impose it for the ‘most serious crimes’, involving intentional killing”, the UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts said in a statement, continuing to urge the Saudi Government to “abolish the death penalty for drug convictions”. Hussein Abo...

Saudi Arabia: Resumption of executions for drug offences ‘deeply regrettable’, UN rights office says

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·November 22, 2022·1 min read

Spokesperson Liz Throssell said executions have been taking place almost daily over the past two weeks, following the end of a 21-month official moratorium. “The resumption of executions for drug-related offences in Saudi Arabia is a deeply regrettable step, all the more so coming just days after a wide majority...