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> the Ritz-Carlton crackdown What's this? Are you referring to the use of these hotels as luxury prisons during the purge?
by justboxing 8y ago
> the Ritz-Carlton crackdown
What's this? Are you referring to the use of these hotels as luxury prisons during the purge?
- williamscales 8y agoNumerous princes were detained at the Ritz-Carlton hotel and weren't allowed to leave until they admitted to corruption and surrendered significant amounts of cash. A few fought this but most folks just handed over the money. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-25/saudi-arabia-struck-gold-with-corruption-crackdown https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-25/saudi-ara...
- rz2k 8y agoIt wasn't only confinement. One general appears to have been tortured to death, and many others had to be hospitalized and showed signs of torture. https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/14/saudi-arabia-allegations-abuse-death-custody https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/14/saudi-arabia-allegations...
- justboxing 8y agoWow. How in hell did they (Saudi Arabia) manage to become the Head of the UN Human Rights Panel ? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/anger-after-saudi-arabia-chosen-to-head-key-un-human-rights-panel-10509716.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/anger-after-saudi-a... Reeks of corruption at the highest level.
- akira2501 8y agoI assume it's something along the lines of: "Never refuse a US Military request, be mad at Iran, and don't bother Israel."
- throwaway77384 8y agoI think there are many people calling this into question. It's obviously only possible because so many western powers rely on their "stable" allies / oil buddies in the middle east. Yemen alone should be enough reason for every UN nation to sanction SA into submission. Instead we sell them weapons -.-