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Riyadh bullying countries to kill UN probe on Yemen
A woman behind the wheel in Saudi Arabia in 2013. (Photo by Reuters)
Riyadh has removed the
driving ban on women as part of its recent reforms to undo the damage
the ultraconservative kingdom has suffered for decades of human rights
violations both inside and outside of Saudi Arabia.
"The royal decree will implement the provisions of traffic
regulations, including the issuance of driving licenses for men and
women alike," said a statement released by the Saudi Press Agency on
Tuesday.
It noted that the decree would come into force as of June 2018, and
that it must "apply and adhere to the necessary Sharia standards.”
Saudi Arabia’s US ambassador told reporters that Saudi women would
not need approval from their male guardian to acquire a driving license
after the new rules take effect.
He added that women from Persian Gulf Cooperation Council member
states, who have a driving license, would also be permitted to drive in
Saudi Arabia.
Loujain al-Hathloul, a Saudi activist who was detained for 73 days in
2014 for breaking the ban, tweeted "thank God" after the announcement
was made. Manal al-Sharif, who was also imprisoned for driving, tweeted
that Saudi Arabia would "never be the same again," and Aziza al-Yousef
called it "a development that indicates a change in women's rights." "We
congratulate the nation and its women and we hope that other pending
issues get resolved too."
People walk on Tahlia street in the Saudi capital Riyadh on
September 24, 2017, during celebrations for the anniversary of the
founding of the kingdom. (Photo by AFP)
Saudi Arabia is the last country in the world to permit women to obtain driving licenses.
The announcement comes after a weekend of gender-mixed celebration of
Saudi national day over the weekend which, according to analysts, was
aimed at highlighting Riyadh’s social and economic reform push, dubbed
"Vision 2030."
Women were also permitted access into a sports stadium, for the first time, to watch a concert.
Saudi women sit in a stadium to attend an event in the
capital Riyadh on September 23, 2017 commemorating the anniversary of
the founding of the kingdom. (Photo by AFP)
Unveiled on 25 April 2016 by the then-Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed
bin Salman, the plan was touted as an assured way of transforming the
country economically by the year 2030. The plan, he said, was aimed at
ending Saudi Arabia’s “addiction” to oil, and it envisaged raising
non-oil revenues from 163.5 billion riyals (43.6 billion dollars) in
2015 to 1 trillion riyals (267 billion dollars) by 2030.
Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi prince in charge of the economy, who
was recently elevated to crown prince status, is also believed to have
been the architect of the Yemeni war, as he holds the defense portfolio
as well.
Saudis threaten retaliation if Yemen probe passes
Meanwhile, in a letter seen by AFP, Riyadh has threatened economic
retaliation against countries that vote in favor of a UN resolution
setting up an international probe into human rights violations in Yemen.
The United Nations rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein has on multiple
occasions called for the Human Rights Council to launch an independent
investigation into Saudi Arabia’s rights violations against its
impoverished neighbor Yemen.
The Human Rights Council is set to vote for a Dutch/Canadian draft
which calls for the international UN-backed probe -- known as a
Commission of Inquiry. Saudi Arabia has so far been able to block the
probe.
"Adopting The Netherlands/Canadian draft resolution in the Human
Rights Council may negatively affect the bilateral political economic
relations with Saudi Arabia", said the letter.
It added that the kingdom will not accept the draft and calls for a
Yemeni domestic probe, which the UN claims is not internationally
credible.
Human Rights Watch Geneva Director John Fisher said that such threats are "disgraceful."
"It is outrageous that Saudi Arabia is seeking to use threats of
economic and political sanctions to bully states into not supporting the
kind of international investigation that could put an end to the
abuses," he said.
"The (Arab) coalition forces have bombed hospitals, they have bombed
market places, homes, funeral parlors and it is time for the
international community to say enough is enough,” he added.
Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco,
and Sudan are part of Saudi Arabia's coalition. Qatar withdrew from the
coalition in June amid a diplomatic rift with Riyadh, Manama, Cairo, and
Abu Dhabi.
Saudi Arabia along with his allies has been pounding Yemen since
March 2015 in an attempt to crush the popular Houthi Ansarullah movement
and reinstate the former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who is a
staunch ally of the Riyadh regime.
More than 12,000 people have been killed since the onset of the
campaign more than two and a half years ago. Much of the Arabian
Peninsula country’s infrastructure, including hospitals, schools and
factories, has been reduced to rubble due the war. The Saudi war has
also triggered a deadly cholera epidemic across Yemen.
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