NEWSWEEK - By Ensaf Haidar President-elect Donald Trump, the American people voted you as the future 45th President of the United States and entrusted you with many missions and responsibilities. As head of a great democracy you will be the defender of what the forefathers of the American nation cherished the most: liberty and freedom […]
By Andy NGO - SAUDI ARABIAN STUDENTS STUDYING IN PORTLAND SHARE HOW THE STRICT POLICIES OF THE WAHHABI KINGDOM REACH FAR BEYOND THE GULF. “Even if you change my name, I’m afraid they’ll find out who I am,” Mutab said as he attempted to calm himself by drinking his favorite Arabic tea, Alwazah, or “swan.” […]
CTV - News - Graham Slaughter, CTVNews.ca Writer@grahamslaughter Saudi Arabia, a country with one of the worst human rights records, met with officials in Ottawa. Joyce Napier has the details. The Liberal government is facing harsh criticism over a closed-door meeting between the foreign affairs minister and the president of Saudi Arabia’s human rights commission — […]
THE GLOBE AND MAIL - STEVEN CHASE Former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler says there are growing fears that Saudi Arabia will resume flogging Raif Badawi, jailed for “insulting Islam,” now that the kingdom has again secured a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council. Mr. Cotler, who serves as international counsel to Mr. Badawi, is calling […]