US blacklists Saudi Arabia for violations of religious freedom
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The State Department yesterday put Saudi Arabia on its blacklist of severe violators of religious freedom for the first time, opening the door to US sanctions.
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Comment is free: Nick Cohen: At last, there are signs the shameful censoring of Saudi critics in this country is to be challenged.
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The libraries of a number of American mosques feature Arabic-language writings published by the Saudi government or top clerics in the desert kingdom that virulently denounce Muslims from different traditions as well as Christians and Jews, and say devout Muslims should think of America as enemy territory, a new study said.
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Description: The US government will release Yaser Hamdi, an American born Saudi who was designated an combatant, into the custody of Saudi Arabia.
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The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on two Bulgarian firms it accused of selling arms to two countries on its list of states supporting terrorism.
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Saudi Arabia bans the influential pan-Arab newspaper al-Hayat, after it criticises the government.
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Religious freedom has deteriorated in Iraq, Egypt, and China, and improved in Saudi Arabia, a US report says.
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Saudi Arabia severely violates religious freedom, the US says, in an unusual public rebuke to its key ally.
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WASHINGTON -- The United States for the first time named Saudi Arabia yesterday as a country that severely violates religious freedom, potentially subjecting the close US ally to sanctions.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- A Saudi-American held in US solitary confinement for nearly three years without being charged returned to his family in Saudi Arabia yesterday after agreeing to trade in his US citizenship for his freedom.
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The United States froze the assets  of two Saudi nationals on Tuesday for allegedly providing  support to al Qaeda, and asked the United Nations to take  similar action.
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WASHINGTON, Sep 15, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Saudi Arabia finds itself for the first time on a US list of countries of particular concern &quot;for particularly severe violations of religious freedom,&quot; paving the way for possible US
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In an unusual censure of a key ally in the war on terrorism, the Bush administration on Wednesday accused Saudi Arabia of "particularly severe violations" of religious freedom.
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The United States on Wednesday accused Saudi Arabia of severe violations of religious freedom in a rare official rebuke of a close ally and key oil supplier that potentially could lead to sanctions.
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The U.S. House of Representatives  voted on Friday to prohibit any aid to Saudi Arabia as  lawmakers accused the close ally of religious intolerance and  bankrolling terrorist organizations.
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In an unusual censure of a key ally in the war on terrorism, the Bush administration accused Saudi Arabia yesterday of &quot;particularly severe violations&quot; of religious freedom.
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Saudi Arabia's highest religious authority has issued an edict barring the use of cell phones with built-in cameras, blaming them for "spreading obscenity" &#151; a final resort after a ban on their sale and import to the kingdom failed to dent their popularity.