
There’s good news and bad news for women in the upcoming Saudi Arabia municipal elections. The good news is that for the first time in the kingdom’s history, women will be able to vote, register as candidates and run for office.
by Simon Kent12 Oct 2015, 9:53 AM PST0

Global outrage and criticism from the United States, United Nations, European Union and Canada was not enough to keep Saudi Arabia’s supreme court from upholding their extreme sentencing of 10 years in prison and 1,000 blood-curdling lashes as punishment for liberal blogger Raif Badawi, 31, on charges for insulting the religion of Islam.
by Adelle Nazarian9 Jun 2015, 8:15 AM PST0