*Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, Washington DC* *June 5, 2013* *Saudi Clerics Obsession With Women* *Commentaries and Analysis * * * *From Atop Mount Everest: A Call for Emancipation* *CDHR’s Commentary:* Raha Moharrak, a 25-year-old Saudi woman, did what no Saudi man has ever done before: she climbed and proudly stood atop Mount Everest. Like millions of resilient Saudi women, Raha defied a multitude of crippling man-made impediments. Despite systemic, institutionalized poli ...Continue Reading

*Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, Washington DC* *May 14, 2013* *Commentaries and Analysis of Saudi Recent Events* *Autocracy Versus Democracy: Arabs and Israelis Compared* *CDHR’s Commentary: *According to this article and video (in Arabic) the six million Israelis publish, distribute and read more books than the 21 Arab states and their more than 400 million populations combined. These predictable figures are based on recent UN statistics. While the world was transitioning from a ru ...Continue Reading

*Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, Washington DC* *April 10, 2013* *Commentaries and Analysis of Current Saudi Affairs* *Cruelty-Relishing Saudi Judges* *CDHR’s Commentary: *As this article reveals, barbarity under the Saudi judicial system is common practice. Presiding religious judges in Saudi courts can sentence anyone to any form of punishment they wish and justify their rulings not by logic, facts and precedence, but by Quranic versus and Islamic law or Shariah. As this repulsive case demo ...Continue Reading

*Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, Washington DC* *February 19, 2013* *Saudi Recent Events* *Analytical Commentaries * *Political Reform is Not on the Royals’ Agenda* *CDHR’s Analysis:* At a time when the Saudi people, like other Arabs and other disenfranchised people around the world, are becoming more aware of their usurped rights and are demanding more political participation, accountability, transparency and eradication of corruption and government abuses, the Saudi King appointed ...Continue Reading

 *Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, Washington DC* *December 5, 2012* *Commentaries and Analyses* *Interfaith Center, State Within a State, Women, Massive Arms Deals and Blasphemous Law* * * *Saudi Interfaith Dialogue: Genuine or Duplicitous Maneuver*?                                     &nbs ...Continue Reading

*Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, Washington DC* *October 19, 2012* *Commentaries and Analyses * *Women, the Prophet, Denial of Worship, and Who is the Enemy* * * *Educated, Unemployed and No Longer Invisible, Despite Black Covering* *CDHR’s Commentary:* Ninety percent (90%) of unemployed Saudis are women. They are educated, able and eager to earn an honest living, but are denied the right to work. This is happening in a country that employs an estimated 8 million foreig ...Continue Reading

*Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, Washington DC* *September 22, 2012* *A Commentary and Analysis of Recent Saudi Developments* *Saudi Leadership: A Continual Failure* *CDHR Commentary:* In light of recent revolts across the Arab world, one might think the Saudi ruling family would realize that their increasingly restless population is suffering from the same injustices that led Egyptians, Yemenis, Libyans, and others to rebel. Instead, Saudi rulers have done everything they can to crush th ...Continue Reading

Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, Washington DC*  * July 17, 2012*  * A Commentary and Analysis of the Current Saudi Scene*  * Recent Developments in Saudi Arabia Require Coherent and Democratically Inclined Leadership*  *  * *Saudi Leadership In Turmoil* *CDHR’s Analysis: *There has not been a time* *in the history of the Saudi kingdom where the absence of a coherent leadership has been as conspicuous as it is today.  This is largely due t ...Continue Reading

*Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, Washington DC* * * *June 2, 2012* * * *Commentaries and Analysis of the Saudi Current Scene* * * *Saudi Women: Their Gains Are Victory For Righteousness and Prosperity* * * * * *King Abdullah: Believing and Delivering Are Not the Same* *CDHR’s Commentary:* In October 2005, just two months after he formally inherited the Saudi throne, King Abdullah was interviewed by Barbara Walters of the American Broad Casting Company (A ...Continue Reading

Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, Washington DC April 6, 2012 Commentaries and Analysis of the Saudi Current Scene Public Demands Versus Regime’s Resistance * * *Defamation of Whose Religion?*** * * *CDHR’s Commentary: *While King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is being lavishly praised for organizing international interfaith dialogues, he, his controlled media, the Saudi- based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the highest Saudi religious authority continue to show utter in ...Continue Reading