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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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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The upholding of a decision to punish the victim triggered international outcry.

Canada said it would complain to Saudi authorities about the sentence, described as "barbaric"' by Jose Verger, the Canadian minister responsible for the status of women.

The New York based Human Rights Watch said the verdict "not only sends victims of sexual violence the message that they should not press charges, but in effect offers protection and impunity to the perpetrators."

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19-Year-old Gang Rape Victim to Receive 200 Lashes and 6 Months in Jail in Saudi Arabia
https://www.atheistalliance.org/regional-reports/middle-east-english/1
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The upholding of a decision to punish the victim triggered international outcry.

Canada said it would complain to Saudi authorities about the sentence, described as "barbaric"' by Jose Verger, the Canadian minister responsible for the status of women.

The New York based Human Rights Watch said the verdict "not only sends victims of sexual violence the message that they should not press charges, but in effect offers protection and impunity to the perpetrators."

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There is something eerily familiar about your subjective posting style and source material choices.

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There is something eerily familiar about your subjective posting style and source material choices.

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put down the bong and step away from the computer

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RUSSIA is more dangerous than ISIS???

SOMEbody lacks a sense of proportion!

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You can't build a nation with bombs. You can't create a society with guns.

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"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/]

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