Prince Mohammad bin Salman is trying to rebrand the kingdom in the model of Qatar and the UAE – two states with human rights issues that have become part of the global order.
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Saudi’s crown prince approved the killing and dismemberment of a Washington Post columnist in 2018, the Biden administration says. So how can the US still see the Saudis as good partners?
In the long term the US still needs Saudi Arabia as an ally in the Middle East.
Air New Zealand and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade have both potentially breached international human rights agreements. The government must demand answers.
A year after an infamous Twitter spat and the gruesome murder of Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, the Canada-Saudi relationship appears poised to return to business as usual, if it hasn’t already.
Why is Canada’s labour movement so quiet on the Saudi arms deal? It should be a voice for peace and human rights and demand that the Canadian government immediately cancel the deal.
Jeremy Hunt says he will making press freedom a priority. Good for him There are a few things he can do immediately.
Jamal Khashoggi’s brutal murder happened at a consulate, a space not subject to the laws of the host country, Turkey. That means the alleged murderers did not fear interference by local authorities.
If left unchecked, invasions of privacy enabled by technology could put every human right at risk, and on a scale that would be truly terrifying.
The four people and a newspaper who are Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” have been given the acknowledgment not just for what they have done, but for what they have come to represent.
The issues that captured the world’s attention this year show the struggle to secure human rights is far from over.
Ottawa’s response to Jamal Khashoggi’s murder doubles down on “human rights” rhetoric while failing to take action. It’s a matter of the death of some in exchange for the livelihood of others.
President Trump says an alliance with Saudi Arabia is necessary, despite evidence the country’s crown prince ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The influence of Saudi money and ideology may be too big to dismantle in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Khashoggi’s ruthless killing is just one example of a broader trend including the widespread detention, kidnapping, murder and extradition of dissidents and their relatives.
Will it embolden or neuter the Arab world’s autocratic regimes?
The future for Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is uncertain following the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, but it would be foolish to expect any successor to offer substantive change.
Expect this kind of behaviour to increase in the years to come.
The death of the Saudi columnist shows the hazards faced by journalists – especially if the US doesn’t like what they do.
Critics say Trump’s defense of Saudi Arabia in the Khashoggi affair betrays American values. But many presidents have cozied up to dictators, ignoring human rights abuses to serve US interests.
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Research Associate, King's College London, King's College London
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PhD Candidate (ABD), York University, Canada
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Associate Professor of the Practice of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Scientia Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Clinical Professor of International Business and Director, Center for Global Business Studies, Penn State
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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PT Professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Adjunct Lecturer in Law, UNSW Sydney
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Research Associate, Transnational Organised Crime at Sea, University of Bristol
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Director of Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities; Associate Professor of International Relations, Michigan State University
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Universitas Bakrie
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Senior Research Fellow, Coventry University
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Associate professor, University of California, Riverside
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Professor of Rhetoric and Ethics | Professeur titulaire en rhétorique et éthique, Carleton University
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
