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Saudi Arabia's release of a prominent activist shows Mohammed bin Salman knows his blank check from the US is over
Loujain al-Hathloul, one of Saudi Arabia's most prominent detainees, was freed Wednesday after 1,00…
Bill Bostock
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A prominent Saudi women's rights activist was released from jail after more than 1,000 days in detention
Al-Hathloul was detained by the Saudi government in May 2018. In prison, her sister Lina said al-Ha…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Families of a jailed Saudi activist and a princess call on Biden to get tough with MBS over human rights abuses which Trump ignored
Loujain al-Hathloul was arrested in May 2018 and accused of spying. Princess Basmah bin Saud was ki…
Bill Bostock
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MBS threatened to move Saudi Arabia closer to Russia and China to punish Biden for ostracizing him, report says
The Biden administration has sidelined Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, which has dragged the US r…
Bill Bostock
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The family of a prominent jailed Saudi women's rights activist says she turned down a deal to deny being tortured and sexually assaulted in prison in exchange for her freedom
According to Walid, when approached by Saudi authorities to appear in a video denying the allegatio…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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A Saudi prince who was detained in the 2017 Ritz-Carlton power purge has disappeared again, a victim of MBS's crackdown on potential rivals
Prince Faisal bin Abdullah al-Saud was injected with an unknown substance and taken from his privat…
Bill Bostock
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The White House's petty dig at MBS shows Biden is serious about bringing Saudi Arabia to heel
The White House said King Salman was Joe Biden's Saudi counterpart, despite Crown Prince Mohammed's…
Bill Bostock
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Saudi Arabia imprisoned an aid worker for running an anti-government Twitter page. His sister says it shows MBS is testing Biden's pledge to be tough on the kingdom.
Areej al-Sadhan told Insider her brother's 20-year sentence shows Saudi Arabia has no intention of …
Bill Bostock
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2 years ago, a Saudi princess was kidnapped and jailed without charge. Her family say they're being stonewalled, and are urging Biden to step in.
Princess Basmah was kidnapped and imprisoned in February 2019. She tried begging her cousin, Crown …
Bill Bostock
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Comedian Hasan Minhaj called out Jared Kushner while he was in the audience at the TIME 100 gala, mocking his close relationship with Saudi's crown prince
"This is a very powerful room, I know there's a lot of very powerful people here. It would be crazy…
Eliza Relman
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Saudi Arabia's national pollsters claimed that the country has absolutely no gender discrimination, which is obviously untrue
Women were only given the legal right to drive in June 2018. Several of the women who campaigned fo…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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Saudi Arabia arrested activists who campaigned for women's rights to drive just weeks before lifting a ban on driving
The government first announced it would lift its ban on women driving in September, and is set…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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A Saudi princess, silenced
Since 2017, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed has silenced his critics. But the mysterious deten…
Bill Bostock
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The $100 million Andy Ruiz vs. Anthony Joshua fight is 'masking a darker truth' in Saudi Arabia, and boxing is burying its head in the sand
"And in this instance it's Saudi. My job is to provide opportunities to my fighters. Do you think f…