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Arabia
Turki Al-Sudairi Named Head of Rights Watchdog
2005-10-04
Turki ibn Khaled Al-Sudairi, who previously worked as a state minister and Cabinet member for eight years, has been appointed chairman of the Human Rights Commission, an independent rights watchdog recently set up by the government. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah made the appointment by royal decree, the Saudi Press Agency said, adding that Sudairi would have the rank of a minister. The Cabinet approved the new human rights commission, which will be under the supervision of the prime minister (the king) on Sept. 12, 2005. The body is directed to “protect human rights and create awareness about them ... in keeping with the provisions of Islamic law,” SPA said.
The loophole here is that one must be recognized to *be* human before one may have any rights...
The commission’s board will include at least 18 full-time members and six part-time members, SPA added. The king will name the board members for a four-year renewable term.
Posted by:Seafarious

#4  Will chicks get to drive in Saudi? If so, I wouldn't mind if they arrest them if they drive putting on makeup, talking on cell phone, and swatting at their kids in the back seat all at the same time like they do on I-4 every morning.
Posted by: Covert Floridian   2005-10-04 17:39  

#3  is tossing a gesture their way, methinks.


the way Saudis value human rights, Ima thinkr that gesture has one middle finger up
Posted by: Frank G   2005-10-04 17:29  

#2  Hmmm. Note the name: al-Sudairi - as in the Seven Brothers of the Sudairi clan (Fahd, Sultan, Nayef, Turki, etc). Kingy Abdullah (of the al Shammari clan with no full brothers) is tossing a gesture their way, methinks.

Certainly, this HR position (lol) is nothing more than window dressing. The real fun will begin, assuming SA doesn't dissolve before then, when Abdullah kicks the bucket. The third generation (Bandar, Faisal, etc) is chock-full of Western educated goofs - some of whom seem to be nursing serious inferiority complexes. Doh!

Global Security has some excellent SA clan info.
Posted by: .com   2005-10-04 16:33  

#1  Al-Sudairi Named Head of Rights Watchdog

If we chop him off, will it kill it?
Posted by: 2b   2005-10-04 06:21  

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