Thursday, December 01, 2011

Repression in Saudi Arabia--not in the New York Times

Did you notice how the coverage of Saudi Arabia has become far more friendly in the Western press ever since the alliance between Israel and Saudi Arabia?  "In Saudi Arabia: Repression in the Name of Security, the organization says hundreds of people have been arrested for demonstrating, while the government has drafted an anti-terror law that would effectively criminalize dissent as a "terrorist crime” and further strip away rights from those accused of such offences.
“Peaceful protesters and supporters of political reform in the country have been targeted for arrest in an attempt to stamp out the kinds of call for reform that have echoed across the region,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty International’s interim Middle East and North Africa Director."