So, what has been happening in Saudi Arabia in the first two months of 2024? It was reported on the Middle East Eye website on 2nd January that Saudi Arabia had executed four people on New Year’s Eve according to reporting from the Saudi Press Agency. Similarly in The Saudi Gazette , it was claimed that there was International praise for Saudi Arabia’s human rights progress at United Nations Human Rights Council. The Saudi Gazette is naturally enough based in Saudi Arabia. TennisOn 24th January, The Washington Post reported Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova as saying, with regards to the WTA staging their finals in Saudi Arabia that, “we did not help build women’s tennis for it to be exploited by Saudi Arabia”.

Source: The Guardian March 08, 2024 01:26 UTC