Saudi Arabia hosting UN Human Rights

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THGRRI

Monday, June 8, 2015 8:31 PM

"The conference was attended by the Human Right Council president Joachim Rücker, who said in the opening statement that “Religious intolerance and violence committed in the name of religion rank among the most significant human rights challenges of our times.”

While the article suggests hosting a Human Rights event in Saudi Arabia has upset rights activists, and it is obvious why. It is also obvious that Saudi Arabia and Mecca are the center of the Sunni faith which is deeply embroiled in todays violence.

Saudi Arabia is one of the worst offenders when it comes to Human Rights, yet how do you broach the subject of religious war and intolerance without the presence of Saudi Arabia. It makes some sense to allow them to take a lead on this to see if they can bring some stability to the region.

I think we need Human Rights Activists there protected with impunity to confront the Saudi's on the rule of law and how it is a better system than the one currently in use there.

http://rt.com/news/265654-saudi-arabia-human-rights/

SIGNYM

Monday, June 8, 2015 9:25 PM

HAHAHAHA!

I read that title and - in between laughing my ass off- I also threw up in my mouth a little. It was a decidedly mixed reaction!

As long as Saudi Arabia leads the world in beheadings and floggings and stonings, and as long as Saudi Arabia continues to recruit, train, fund, and arm radical Islamic jihadists throughout the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Caucasus, and South Asia (Pakistan) I can't see any reason to grant Saudi Arabia a shred of credibility on "human rights".

But thanks for posting the article, it was informative. And funny!

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1KIKI

Monday, June 8, 2015 9:52 PM

The only less appropriate country I can think of is North Korea.

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THGRRI

Monday, June 8, 2015 10:27 PM

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THGRRI

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 4:38 AM

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I vote for holding the Human Rights conference in my country and let the Saudis and South Korea come and see how real countries operate.

I agree with you Brenda the these bad actors need to receive a strong message from the rest of the world that it is time to adopt the rule of law and join us in the 21 century.

THGRRI

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 9:39 PM

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Originally posted by Brenda:

Exactly they need to be dragged into this century, kicking and screaming if need be.

Religion is the problem. As you can see many are strongly drawn to it and they constantly misinterpret it's point.

THGRRI

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 11:52 PM

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Originally posted by THGRRI:
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Originally posted by Brenda:

Exactly they need to be dragged into this century, kicking and screaming if need be.

Religion is the problem. As you can see many are strongly drawn to it and they constantly misinterpret it's point.

Yes, but also their education which is religion based. That needs to be taken out of the equation.

The Saudi ruling class made a deal with the Mullah's a long time ago to solidify their power. The deal was we rule and you can have your Madrasas.

THGRRI

Thursday, June 11, 2015 9:57 AM

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Bout the only way I can see to straighten out Saudi Arabia's laws is to have a constituional monarchy like Britian. I know they have a Parliament but I think it bows to the Royal family, so it really doesn't count as a governing body. It won't happen right now as it means that tribal differences have to be put aside to form a cohesive unit to fight for it.

These people are entrenched in religion. It's going to take at least another hundred years.

SIGNYM

Friday, June 12, 2015 9:11 PM

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi sentence 'a slow death', says wife

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Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has upheld the sentence of 1,000 lashes and 10 years of imprisonment on blogger Raif Badawi, despite a foreign outcry. Mr Badawi ran the Liberal Saudi Network, which encouraged online debate on religious and political issues for four years. He was arrested in 2012 for "insulting Islam through electronic channels".

Speaking from Canada, his wife Ensaf Haidar told BBC's Newsnight she feared his punishment would start again after Friday prayers. This video [there is no link to a video-SIGNY] contains brief images of Mr Badawi's punishment, which some viewers may find disturbing.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33105945

1,000 lashes would kill most people after the first fifty to hundred, from shock. Saudi Arabia flogs it's prisoners the "smart" way: they flog until the person start to pass out, then halt the whipping until the person recovers (days, weeks) then do it again. The imprisoned blogger has already had his first round of flogging (which I believe was halted after 50 lashes) and he has already been returned to his jail cell to "recover".

Now, the interesting thing about this flogging is not that Saudi Arabia is doing it at all (because they've been doing this for decades to their religious and political prisoners) but that we are hearing about in in the western press.

Seriously. News of Saudi Arabia's barbaric treatment of its religious/political prisoners is JUST NOW making international headlines. And I have to ask again: Have you HEARD any of this in MSM during the past 20-30 years???

And since our "news" compliantly paints our allies as "good guys" and our enemies as "bad guys" (no matter how they ACTUALLY behave) what does this say about our (western) relationship with Saudi Arabia?

At a low point, perhaps?

If so, might it be over ISIS, which (despite our background support of al Qaida, Nusra, Muslim Bortherhood etc) is just a bit too radical for us to tolerate?

Questions to consider. Timing is everything.

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MAGONSDAUGHTER

Monday, June 15, 2015 7:17 PM

Perhaps our news is different, but we get a fair degree of information on saudi arabia on these issues. Particularly as from time to time a foreigner gets caught up in something and gets sentenced to death or lashing. Occasionally a terrible story emerges about some poor woman stoned to death for being raped.
A lot of australians work in Saudi Arabia because you can earn enormous amounts of money, but its a pretty horrid existence stuck in western enclaves.

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