are forbidden. In Saudi Arabia, according to Human Rights Watch, privacy infringement, institutionalized gender discrimination, detention of citizens and foreigners, violence against women, and cruel and unusual punishment to those convicted of wrongdoing are among the human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia, (Saudi 2001, 1).
Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has become more involved in running the country since his father suffered a stroke in the mid-1990s. Saudi officials view the international community as trying to force change on Saudi Arabia in the name of human rights that violate the country’s Constitution. As the Crown Prince told the U.N. Third Millennium Summit in New York in 2001, “It is absurd to impose on an individual or society rights that are alien to its beliefs or principles,” (Saudi 2001, 1). Nevertheless, Saudi’s have implemented measures aimed at liberalizing various social institutions and policies that are heavily cr
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