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| Saudi detainees complain of abuse |
| 2005-06-10 |
| Prisoners in Saudi jails have sent a barrage of complaints to the country's first human rights commission, officials from the group said. Saudi Arabia set up the National Human Rights Association (NHRA) in March 2004 as part of government efforts to improve the kingdom's human rights record . Western diplomats say there was also foreign pressure for the creation of the commission. "We have received about 2000 valid complaints so far - most of those have been processed and resolved, either through letters to officials or some sort of action," Dr Lubna al-Ansari, an executive director of the NHRA, told Aljazeera on Thursday. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 So.....has AI called the Saudi prisons "gulags" yet? Are they going to? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-06-10 14:22 |
| #3 National Hot Rod Association? Cool... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-06-10 13:33 |
| #2 Where is Ammnesty International? |
| Posted by: TMH 2005-06-10 13:30 |
| #1 Lol! The headaches of that democracy thingy will do the Saudis in. If they were smart, they'd clear the decks of all their 1/4 measures and follow the Qatari Model™. It's the Muzzy "No Pain & No Gain... No Really" solution. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-06-10 05:41 |