Saudi Arabia narrowly fails in bid to win a seat on UN human rights council

10/10/2024 01:52 The Guardian

The country had faced a campaign from rights groups who accused it of being ‘unfit to serve on the Human Rights Council’Saudi Arabia narrowly failed in its bid to win a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, a blow to Riyadh’s efforts to boost the country’s rights reputation abroad, four years after it was rejected in a 2020 bid to join the 47-member body.Saudi Arabia is spending billions to transform its global image from a country known for strict religious restrictions and human rights abuses into a tourism and entertainment hub under a plan its Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, launched known as Vision 2030. Continue reading...

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