The “Secret” Awfulness of Saudi Arabia

Posted by jseliger on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @06:57PM
from the gatestoneinstitute.org dept.

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/6722/saudi-awfulness

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Re:The “Secret” Awfulness of Saudi Arabia by eimai134 on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @02:16AM (#10423974)

That poor British grandfather. 350 lashes for being caught with wine - I'd think that would kill a person.

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Re:The “Secret” Awfulness of Saudi Arabia by doug1001 on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @02:53AM (#10424046)

i had never heard of this organization until this post, but i would imagine it has quite some influence--as evidenced by their Board of Governors, which is like a Mt Olympus of senior activists--eg, Alan Dershowitz, Carolyn Cox, Daniel Finkelstein

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Re:The “Secret” Awfulness of Saudi Arabia by snewk on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @10:13PM (#10423217)

they sound like an ideal candidate to chair the UN Human Rights council

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