Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, CDHR, Washington DC

May 2, 2019

CDHR’s Analysis And Commentaries

Failed Saudi Polices, Torture, Shariah Law, U.S. Multinationals

Are U.S. Multinationals Undermining American Democracy?

CDHR Commentary:  As this editorial portrays, American CEOs should not be in the business of emboldening regimes that commit repulsive crimes which not only contradict American democratic exceptionalism, but endanger America’s long-term national security. Granted, there is an unsparing global competition over Saudi and other absolute dictators’ lucrative contracts to be had, but America is in a position to extract the best deals from any country without sacrificing its most powerful and sustaining domestic and global moral leadership. The Saudis and other Persian Gulf rulers know that any country trying to challenge or undermine the U.S. national interest can face detrimental consequences.  Read more:www.cdhr.info

“Saudi Arabia’s Profound Failure in the Middle East”

CDHR Commentary: Despite the Trump and Theresa May Administrations’ resolute, albeit measured, military and political support and an $111 billion profit from oil sales in 2018, the Saudi regime’s inability to save two of its remaining like-minded autocratic allies, Bouteflika of Algeria and Al-Bashir of the Sudan, can be attributed to what some believe to be the Saudi rulers’ “Profound Failure in the Middle East.”  Read more: www.cdhr.info

King Salman and Heir: Torture Instead of Political Inclusion

CDHR Commentary: “Tickfeer,” (sacrilege) has been used by Saudi authorities not only to condemn and eliminate Saudi critics, but to forewarn individuals deemed persuasive and potential leaders. Fawzia Al-Bakr, Wajeha Al-Hwaider, Hatoon Al-Fassi, Eman al-Nafjan, Loujain al-Hathloul, Samar Badawi, Naseem al-Sada, Aziza Al-Yousef, Hamza Kashgari, Mohammed Al- Qahtani, Raif Badawi and many more, are highly respected and admired Saudi women and men, thus deemed threatening to the ruthless established order. To discredit them and set them up for unspeakable torture, they were labeled infidels and traitors.  Read more: www.cdhr.info

Shariah Laws are Incompatible with Human Rights and Freedom of Choice

CDHR Commentary: As this bold editorial correctly stated, the arbitrary Shariah laws are antithetical to basic human rights and freedom of choice. These laws are created, promulgated and brutally used by hypocritical self-proclaimed religious and political Muslim ruling elites to subjugate people, turn them against each other and against non-Muslims.

While the New York Times’ brave editorial is about the “ridiculously wealthy” tyrant Sultan of Brunei and his royal family, using Shariah laws to suppress people and crush their aspirations is omnipresent in other Muslim countries, some of whose rulers are exalted as western allies and partners in ridding the world of evil doers. The question is who are the evil doers? Read more: www.cdhr.info

Connecting the Dots Between Sri Lanka and Saudi Massacres

CDHR Commentary: While the international community’s attention is captivated by the heinous massacres of Christian worshippers and luxury hotel visitors in Sri Lanka, the Saudi king and his designated heir, Crown Prince Mohammed, ordered beheadings of 37 mostly Shi’a Saudi citizens on April 23. Barbaric beheadings can be carried out anytime in Saudi Arabia, but timing matters to the regime, especially when it’s related to terrorism. This is likely why the autocratic Saudi rulers carried out their cruel beheadings on April 23, knowing that there would be mild or no condemnations by western governments, especially from President Trump’s Administration. Read more: www.cdhr.info 

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