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A Saudi Arabian flag in Washington
HUMAN rights groups have condemned Saudi Arabia following the execution of a 26-year-old man arrested in 2015 for allegedly taking part in anti-government protests as a minor.
Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish was executed in Dammam, a city in the oil-rich Eastern Province, according to the Saudi interior ministry.
His parents were not informed of the execution and only found out about their son’s fate online.
PATRICK CHURA reflects on the mass murder of civilians in wartime and his own visit, 10 years ago, to My Lai where US soldiers slaughtered over 500 men, women, children and infants
As Saudi Arabia is hailed abroad for its ‘reforms,’ the reality for women inside the kingdom grows ever more repressive. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, MARYAM ALDOSSARI argues it is time to stop applauding the illusion – and start listening to the women the state works hardest to silence
