Human Rights Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia was a loose group of territories with little unity until the late Abd al-Aziz Ibn Abd ar-Rahman al-Faisal Al Saud created Saudi Arabia. Under Ibn Saud, an Arab state under Arab monarchical rule was created. Oil revenues and subsidies from world powers wanting to influence the political nature of the new state helped Saudi Arabia survive and in a relatively short period use its oil resources to gain international power and influence. Saudi Arabia is now ruled by King Fahd bin Abd Al-Aziz Al Saud, one of the sons of the late King. With a population of over 22 million, the oil industry has witnessed a transformation of the country “from a pastoral, agricultural, and trading society to a rapidly urbanizing one, characterized by large-scale infrastructure projects, an extensive social welfare system, and a labor market comprised largely of foreign workers,” (Country Reports 2002, 1). What has resulted in Saudi Arabia in a short period of time is nothing less than the dramatic modernization and increasing contact and interaction with the Western world. This international influence has set off a process of change at the deepest levels of society and culture. Saudi Arabia uses the Islamic holy book the Koran and the Sunna of the Prophet Muhammad as its Constitution. As Saudi Arabia hopes to gain more power and influence in the region and international community, its rigid adherence to the precepts of this “rigorously conservative
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is the rigorously conservative form of Islam incorporated in the country’s Constitution. After becoming a party to CEDAW, for instance, the Council of Ministers announced that though Saudi Arabia signed the treaty, it would not “comply with any clause in the agreement that contradicts Islamic sharia [law],” (Saudi 2001, 1). The goals of economic development and increased international influence for Saudi Arabia often conflict with Islamic fundamentalism in a way that draws ire from the international community for human rights abuses. Such a conflict limits progress as tradition is pitted against modernity.
Despite attempts at modernization and reform, by most international agency accounts Saudi Arabia still lags sorely behind in human rights progress. The government maintains harsh controls on freedom of expression and association. It routinely invades the privacy of its citizens and foreigners by monitoring telephone calls, traditional mail, and electronic forms of communication like email and the Internet. No independent media or political parties are allowed, and opposition views are routinely and often harshly suppressed. Even peaceful protest against the government is unheard of in the country. Though the government
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