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Sabbah writes: “A 14-year-old Egyptian boy faces execution in Saudi Arabia after a flawed trial in which he was convicted for the murder of another child, Human Rights Watch said today.“

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Jorg

The entire legal system of Saudi Arabia is flawed, for example re human trafficking and women’s rights. And worst of all, we finance these human rights violations, whenever we buy gas:

The US-Saudi relationship: Oil supply at the expense of US security and moral values

# 2005-11-4 at 15:59 pm

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