"I could not think of a worse selection to host the G20 summit," Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said at a news conference announcing the letter to Pompeo urging the boycott. Saudi Arabia is slated to host the virtual summit of world leaders from its capital city of Riyadh starting Nov. 21. But the human rights abuses have come front and center as a growing list of leaders are snubbing the engagement with Saudi Arabia. The mayors of London, Paris, New York and Los Angeles all boycotted the U20 urban summit ahead of the G20 over human rights concerns. And this fall, Saudi Arabia failed to get a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Source: Fox News October 22, 2020 03:45 UTC