MbS's Paradox: Modernization and Authoritarianism in Saudi Arabia
Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, implemented sweeping economic and social reforms since his 2015 appointment, including "Vision 2030" to diversify the economy beyond oil, while simultaneously repressing dissent and critics, exemplified by the Jamal Khashoggi assassination.
MbS's Paradox: Modernization and Authoritarianism in Saudi Arabia
Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, implemented sweeping economic and social reforms since his 2015 appointment, including "Vision 2030" to diversify the economy beyond oil, while simultaneously repressing dissent and critics, exemplified by the Jamal Khashoggi assassination.
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56% Bias Score
Saudi Arabia's 2023 Executions Surge to Highest Number in Decades
Saudi Arabia executed 330 people in 2023, the highest number in decades, contradicting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's 2022 claim of eliminating the death penalty except for murder; over 150 were for non-lethal crimes, mainly drug smuggling and non-lethal terrorism, mostly foreign nationals, rais...
Saudi Arabia's 2023 Executions Surge to Highest Number in Decades
Saudi Arabia executed 330 people in 2023, the highest number in decades, contradicting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's 2022 claim of eliminating the death penalty except for murder; over 150 were for non-lethal crimes, mainly drug smuggling and non-lethal terrorism, mostly foreign nationals, rais...
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48% Bias Score
Starmer to Meet Saudi Crown Prince Amidst Khashoggi Murder Calls
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday to discuss economic partnerships projected to create over 4,000 UK jobs, while Jamal Khashoggi's widow urges him to demand justice for her husband's 2018 murder.
Starmer to Meet Saudi Crown Prince Amidst Khashoggi Murder Calls
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday to discuss economic partnerships projected to create over 4,000 UK jobs, while Jamal Khashoggi's widow urges him to demand justice for her husband's 2018 murder.
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56% Bias Score
Saudi Arabia Forces US Citizen to Renounce Citizenship After Jail Term
A 74-year-old dual US-Saudi citizen, Saad Almadi, was imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for social media posts criticizing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; upon release, he was pressured to renounce his US citizenship to be allowed to return home, highlighting a pattern of silencing dissent within the kin...
Saudi Arabia Forces US Citizen to Renounce Citizenship After Jail Term
A 74-year-old dual US-Saudi citizen, Saad Almadi, was imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for social media posts criticizing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; upon release, he was pressured to renounce his US citizenship to be allowed to return home, highlighting a pattern of silencing dissent within the kin...
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56% Bias Score
Saudi Arabia's Record Executions Undermine Vision 2030
Saudi Arabia executed 330 people in 2023, the highest number in decades, contradicting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's 2022 statement that the death penalty was eliminated except for murder; over 150 were executed for non-lethal crimes, mostly drug offenses and alleged terrorism, raising internat...
Saudi Arabia's Record Executions Undermine Vision 2030
Saudi Arabia executed 330 people in 2023, the highest number in decades, contradicting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's 2022 statement that the death penalty was eliminated except for murder; over 150 were executed for non-lethal crimes, mostly drug offenses and alleged terrorism, raising internat...
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60% Bias Score