Migrant workers who move to Saudi Arabia in the hope of a better life and a higher income can instead expect to be faced with torture, unfair trials and forced confessions if they are accused of crimes, according to a scathing Human Rights Watch report released yesterday.
The report,... » read this article
Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, who rules Saudi Arabia in place of his ailing half-brother, King Fahd, is sitting under huge crystal chandeliers in a luxurious hall the size of a football pitch, listening to the problems and complaints of his subjects. In the middle of a... » read this article
Craig Whitlock in London and Renae Merle in Washington , Sydney Morning Herald
The three Americans killed or kidnapped by Islamic radicals in Saudi Arabia in the past week were probably selected as targets days or weeks in advance and singled out because of their work as military contractors, United States and Saudi officials said.
Authorities continued to search for the kidnapped... » read this article
Craig Whitlock in London and Renae Merle in Washington , Sydney Morning Herald
The three Americans killed or kidnapped by Islamic radicals in Saudi Arabia in the past week were probably selected as targets days or weeks in advance and singled out because of their work as military contractors, United States and Saudi officials said.
Authorities continued to search for the kidnapped... » read this article
Saudi Arabia is beginning to look like a society under siege.
At Riyadh's trendiest shopping mall on a quiet afternoon last month, security officers were stopping vehicles entering the parking garage, opening hoods and trunks in search of explosives. At the Marriott Hotel, near the Petroleum Ministry, and at... » read this article
Saudi Arabia is beginning to look like a society under siege.
At Riyadh's trendiest shopping mall on a quiet afternoon last month, security officers were stopping vehicles entering the parking garage, opening hoods and trunks in search of explosives. At the Marriott Hotel, near the Petroleum Ministry, and at... » read this article
Last autumn I visited a Sufi shrine just outside Peshawar in the North West Frontier province of Pakistan. Rahman Baba was a 17th-century mystic poet, and his tomb has for centuries been a place where musicians and poets have gathered. A friend who lived nearby in the 1980s advised... » read this article
Last autumn I visited a Sufi shrine just outside Peshawar in the North West Frontier province of Pakistan. Rahman Baba was a 17th-century mystic poet, and his tomb has for centuries been a place where musicians and poets have gathered. A friend who lived nearby in the 1980s advised... » read this article
KARACHI - The recent spate of militant attacks in Saudi Arabia has largely been attributed to the work of al-Qaeda, and some cells purporting to represent the terror organization have even claimed responsibility for some of the bloodshed.
However, intelligence sources of Pakistani origin in Saudi Arabia tell Asia... » read this article
KARACHI - The recent spate of militant attacks in Saudi Arabia has largely been attributed to the work of al-Qaeda, and some cells purporting to represent the terror organization have even claimed responsibility for some of the bloodshed.
However, intelligence sources of Pakistani origin in Saudi Arabia tell Asia... » read this article
Long before the latest violence erupted, Saudi Arabia's immaculately suited spokesmen were out on the stump, telling anyone who would listen that the situation in the country was completely under control. They're now doing it again - only this time nobody believes them.
All the signs suggest that in the... » read this article
Long before the latest violence erupted, Saudi Arabia's immaculately suited spokesmen were out on the stump, telling anyone who would listen that the situation in the country was completely under control. They're now doing it again - only this time nobody believes them.
All the signs suggest that in the... » read this article
The bloody attacks on foreigners in Khobar, the center of Saudi Arabia's oil industry, were apparently carried out by four young men. The attackers were methodical, efficient and, up to a point, even polite. They asked potential victims their religion and, if satisfied that they were Muslims, asked... » read this article
The bloody attacks on foreigners in Khobar, the center of Saudi Arabia's oil industry, were apparently carried out by four young men. The attackers were methodical, efficient and, up to a point, even polite. They asked potential victims their religion and, if satisfied that they were Muslims, asked... » read this article
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Thirty-five people, mostly foreigners, have been killed over the past six weeks in a dramatic, new style of terror attacks for this kingdom: bodies dragged on streets, traffic police blown up in their offices, hotel guests taken hostage and a chef shot outside an... » read this article
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Thirty-five people, mostly foreigners, have been killed over the past six weeks in a dramatic, new style of terror attacks for this kingdom: bodies dragged on streets, traffic police blown up in their offices, hotel guests taken hostage and a chef shot outside an... » read this article
When the terrorists who have identified themselves as members of al-Qa'ida took their hostages in Khobar last weekend, they were meticulous in choosing their targets. Muslims were allowed to leave; only foreign "infidels" were held and some were killed.
But the killers had another target: the ruling royal family.... » read this article
When the terrorists who have identified themselves as members of al-Qa'ida took their hostages in Khobar last weekend, they were meticulous in choosing their targets. Muslims were allowed to leave; only foreign "infidels" were held and some were killed.
But the killers had another target: the ruling royal family.... » read this article
It was the latest in a series of ruthless attacks on foreign workers in Saudi Arabia, targeting the employees of foreign oil companies. In each case the gunmen have aimed to slaughter as many non-Muslims as possible.
At 7.30 on Saturday morning, they chose the city of Khobar, an... » read this article
It is only a few days since Prince Turki al-Faisal, the Saudi Ambassador to Britain, wrote an angry letter to The Independent. Terrorism, he insisted, poses no serious threat to the peace and security of the oil-rich kingdom despite the pessimistic tone of British media commentary.
Prince Turki will... » read this article
Come Home, America a national network of Americans from across the political spectrum is forming on the 7th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq to oppose U.S. war and Empire.
“After 7 years of the...
Full Text of Human Rights Record of the United States in 2009
BEIJING,
March 12 (Xinhua) -- China's Information Office of the State Council
published a report titled "The Human Rights Record of the United...
WASHINGTON - The United
States has a "special responsibility" to help Iraq address a dire
humanitarian crisis that sees huge numbers of displaced Iraqis struggle
to survive, an aid group said Wednesday.
In a report...
The current $350 million ad campaign for the 2010 Census, including the much-maligned $2.5 million Super Bowl spots, urges individuals to “Tell your story.” The Census Bureau is particularly eager for minorities and illegal immigrants...
Ukraine's new governing coalition has announced that it will pass a law against joining military alliances such as Nato.
In a statement of purpose published in the parliament's official
gazette on Tuesday, the Stability and...
In a
remarkable combination of civil society pressure and leadership from a
small number of progressive States, a strong ban on the use,
manufacture, and stocking of cluster bombs will come into force on
August...
SILWAN, EAST JERUSALEM - Three thousand heavily armed Israeli security
service forces locked down large parts of the Old City of Jerusalem on
Tuesday, as battalions of police fired rounds of tear gas and
rubber-coated...
SME Members Defend Themselves and Continue to Block Their Former Workplaces
At noon on March 16, the Mexican Electrical Workers Union went on an indefinite strike, and unions all over the country went on strike...
What’s Killing the Great Forests of the American West? A Frightening Phenomenon Happening Across the Globe For many years, Diana Six, an entomologist at the University of Montana,
planned her field season for the same...
EFF has posted documents shedding light on how law enforcement
agencies use social networking sites to gather information in
investigations. The records, obtained from the Internal Revenue Service
and Department of Justice Criminal Division, are...
