Public Discussion: Saudi Arabia’s Unpredictable Future October 31, 10 AM, at 1666 K St NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20006 --Contact: ali@PROTECTED--- rsvp@PROTECTED Never in its history has the Saudi ruling family faced more domestic, regional and global challenges than it does currently. Mired in a non-winnable war in Yemen, blockading of Qatar, threatening confrontation with its formidable Iranian regional competitor, economic uncertainties, destabilizing palace turmoil, high unemployment among a bu ...Continue Reading

Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, CDHR, Washington DC September 13, 2019 Dispensable Oil Ministers, U.S. Military Redeployment, Kushner and Women Activists CDHR’s Analysis And Commentaries  Khalid Al-Falih and His Predecessors Sacked on the Altar of Absolutism CDHR Commentary: Sacking Saudi oil Ministers like Khalid Al-Falih is a royal tradition of enabling royal corruption and ensuring absolute royal domination over all aspects of national wealth and decision-maki ...Continue Reading

Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, CDHR, Washington DC July 8, 2019 CDHR’s Analysis And Commentaries Fallout of Khashoggi’s Ghastly Assassination on the Saudis CDHR Analysis: The Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, CDHR, has received media inquiries after the release of the comprehensive UN Human Rights report  about Khashoggi’s murder, asking whether the detailed findings will have an impact on Saudi Arabia, domestically and externally. The u ...Continue Reading

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 nat ...Continue Reading

Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, CDHR, Washington DC April 4, 2019 Crumbling U.S./Saudi Relations, Triumphant Women Activists, Escalated Repression CDHR’s Analysis and Commentaries Has the U.S./Saudi Relationship Outlived Its Economic and Strategic Significance? CDHR Analysis: One of the world’s best kept secrets, the lucrative contract between democratic America and autocratic Saudi Arabia, is crumbling due to varieties of causes, including cunning m aneuvers (manipulations du ...Continue Reading

Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, CDHR, Washington DC January 9, 2019 CDHR’s Analysis And Commentaries U.S./Saudi Relations and Saudi Women’s Pursuit of Freedom Young Saudis Risk Their Lives in Pursuit of Freedom CDHR Commentary: 18 year old Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun is not the first, nor will she be the last, Saudi citizen to risk her life in pursuit of freedom. 70 to 75% of the Saudi population is said to be below the age of 30 and most of them are yearning for political and soc ...Continue Reading

Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, CDHR, Washington DC December 3, 2018 CDHR’s Analysis and Commentaries Saudi Arabia is a Country in Turmoil The Future of Prince Mohammed CDHR Analysis: MBS is in a place where everyone wants to be, wounded, but not disabled. The U.S. Administration, Britain and France (the big arms merchants) want him to stay in place, but with clipped wings. This way, he can be useful to them, business-wise, but will not have a free hand to continue his destabilizing ...Continue Reading

Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, CDHR, Washington DC October 1, 2018 Saudi Arabia After King Salman and The Cost of American Retreat CDHR’s Commentaries and Analysis Saudi Arabia After King Salman   CDHR Commentary: Before a Saudi King dies, is dethroned or assassinated, his successor is designated in advance and consensually enthroned by senior royals, with the blessing of immediate family members and the high council of archaic senior clerics (Ulama or religious sch ...Continue Reading

Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, CDHR, Washington DC August 21, 2018 CDHR’s Analysis and Commentaries Dead Yemeni Children: the Price of Saudi/Iranian Imperialisms CDHR Commentary: According to the UN, International Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders and other human rights groups’ eyewitness testimonies, investigations and reports, more than 500 thousand Yemeni children have died from the Saudi-led Coalition’s airstrikes, starvation and endemic diseases. The widely publicized killing of&n ...Continue Reading

Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, CDHR 1629 K St. NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 July 17, 2018 CDHR’s Analysis and Commentaries Prince Mohammed: Regression in Progress CDHR Commentary: Soon after what many Saudis hoped would be the beginning of a more participatory form of government, a  restructured absolute system began to emerge. The habitual Saudi methods of arbitrary arrest, incarceration without charges and due process, intolerance of all forms of expression and roy ...Continue Reading