W&R published on Jan 31, 2019: Mariah Carey Live In Saudi Arabia
January 31, 2019 (Full concert)
January 31, 2019 (Full concert)
Mariah Carey will be the 1st female Western singer to perform in Saudi Arabia since Crown Prince Salman introduced reforms to the entertainment industry, incl projects to build cinemas, an opera house, recreational events previously banned in the kingdom.https://t.co/snVYJzHJTz— Global Awareness 101 (@Mononoke__Hime) January 30, 2019
Middle East Eye
written by Staff
Wednesday January 30, 2019
American singer Mariah Carey is scheduled to perform on 31 January on the sidelines of the first international golf tournament to be held in Saudi Arabia, an appearance that has been slammed as the Gulf kingdom faces scathing condemnations over its human rights record.
Activists and social media users have denounced Mariah Carey's planned performance alongside Dutch DJ Tiesto and Jamaican rapper Sean Paul in King Abdullah Economic City, north of Mecca, amid the imprisonment and torture of Saudi women's rights activists.
One such critique came from Alia al-Hathloul, the sister of detained activist Loujain al-Hathloul, who has become a symbol of Saudi women's struggle for the right to drive.
Hi @MariahCarey— علياء الهذلولAlia al-Hathloul (@alia_ww) January 25, 2019
Remember, thanks to my sister @LoujainHathloul, you r able to perform in Saudi Arabia.
I wish she can attend your concert. But she’s locked behind bars because she tried to improve women's condition.
Don' forget to thank her on stagehttps://t.co/0Pf7bfz3yB
In a letter published in the New York Times, Alia al-Hathloul affirmed that her sister Loujain "had been held in solitary confinement, beaten, waterboarded, given electric shocks, sexually harassed and threatened with rape and murder."
Other Saudi women joined the call for a boycott, such as Ms Saffaa, an artist who lives in exile in Australia and uses a pseudonym for security reasons.
Does @MariahCarey know that #Saudi imprisons & tortures activists? Does she know know that Saudi uses entertainment 2 showcase fake reforms & 2 distract from their countless human rights abuses. Help us urge MC 2 reconsider performing in Saudi. #BoycottSaudi & sign the petition:— Ms Saffaa (@MsSaffaa) January 28, 2019
Some Internet users reminded the world-renowned diva of the war in Yemen and Saudi Arabia's responsibility in this conflict.
— Salma BEN TAÏB (@salmabt1) January 28, 2019Pauvre #ArabieSaoudite ! Comment elle est devenue sous le régime du #MBS ?!Et pour @MariahCarey n'oubliez pas de rendre hommage au #Yemen et les femmes saoudiennes. #mariahcarey_cancelsaudi pic.twitter.com/77TiCiDron
Translation: Poor Saudi Arabia! What has it become under the regime of MBS?! Mariah Carey, don’t forget to pay tribute to Yemeni and Saudi women
The Women for Rights in Saudi Arabia (WARSA) movement promoted an online petition entitled "Boycott Apartheid in Saudi Arabia".
Artists and Investors : Boycott Apartheid Saudi Arabia - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/aep32DhtoF via @Change#BoycottSaudi@MariahCarey— WARSA (@WarsaMovement) January 27, 2019
The movement called on "artists, athletes, comedians, and performers of the world to stand in solidarity with the people of Saudi Arabia”.
“When the people inside are repressed into silence by brutal regimes, we ask artists and performers to support their rights to advocate freely and safely for freedom and rights, without fear of being imprisoned, tortured or killed by their leaders," the petition added.
International NGOs Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch recently urged Saudi Arabia to allow an independent investigation into recent allegations of torture and ill-treatment of human rights activists.
Amnesty said it had gathered new evidence from ten human rights activists who were "tortured, sexually harassed and subjected to other forms of ill-treatment" during their detention.
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Saudi women's right activist Loujain al-Hathloul is being regularly beaten, whipped and tortured in a 'palace of terror', her brother has revealed.— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) February 1, 2019
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The Daily Mail, UK
written by Dianne Apen-Sadler
Friday February 1, 2019
A Saudi women's right activist is being regularly beaten, whipped and tortured in a 'palace of terror', her brother has revealed.
Walid al-Hathloul said that on a recent visit to the prison where Loujain al-Hathloul is being held, she told him that she was being tortured with electric shocks and sexually harassed, reports CNN.
Al-Hathloul has been jailed without charges since May 2018 for her activism, which included defying the kingdom's ban on women driving before it was lifted last year.
In an opinion piece for the news website, Walid revealed his sister had been taken from Dhahban prison, in near Dahaban, Jeddah, to a secret place known as the 'hotel'.
In the 'hotel' basement, she was subjected to torture as well as rape threats and death threats.
One fellow detainee was threatened with being thrown into the sewage system.
This treatment has been overseen by Saud al-Qahtani, one of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's top advisers, she claimed.
Walid wrote: 'When I think about what goes on in that basement, I feel sick. My own baby sister said she is being whipped, beaten, electrocuted and harassed on a frequent basis.
'She said that sometimes there are masked men who wake her up in the middle of the night to shout unimaginable threats.'
He went on: 'Whenever Loujain spoke about the torture sessions to my parents, her hands shook uncontrollably. I fear the pain will stay with her forever.'
Walid also said that one of his sister's torturers threatened her with rape if she did not marry him.
Qahtani, who allegedly oversaw Al-Hathloul's torture, is one of the men believed to have planned the October 2 attack on Jamal Khashoggi.
Turkish prosecutors are seeking royal court adviser chief Qahtani's arrest for the killing.
Walid wrote the opinion piece in response to the news that Mariah Carey had refused to cancel her concert in Saudi Arabia despite calls by women's rights activists.
Carey is the highest-profile star to perform in the kingdom since it began loosening decades of restrictions on entertainment.
But activists have said her concert is an attempt by the government to polish its image after the killing of Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
Walid called on Carey to call for his sister's release on stage when she performed at the Saudi International golf tournament yesterday.
A woman in Saudi Arabia went outside without a hijab and got death threats. Now she's been arrested https://t.co/zl0yhSFGEa— The Independent (@Independent) December 12, 2016
https://t.co/Oj9uzWKe34— Shripad Krishna 🇮🇳 (@shripadkrishna) February 3, 2019
"A Saudi woman went out yesterday without an Abaya or a hijab in Riyadh Saudi Arabia and many Saudis are now demanding her execution."
Linda Sarsour must be on her way to empower her with a hijab!— Baar Baar BeemaRatty (@YearOfRat) July 19, 2017
Woman who wore miniskirt in Saudi Arabia arrested https://t.co/xwnmlWEgsv
In Saudi Arabia, a woman was beheaded for killing her rapist while he was raping her. Saudis execute maid for killing her rapist https://t.co/zKMmLD1THL— Sierra Badland (@SierraBadland) November 22, 2018
Execution of #HumanRights activist in #KSA kingdom of savagery #Saudi authorities beheaded the woman in public place— hamdar_a (@hamdar_a) August 24, 2018
the crime is simply a tweet that calls for democracy in #SaudiArabia https://t.co/hZHxD7z3Go
Shia woman rights activist on which Canada severed ties with Saudi Arabia was executed by Saudi criminal authority today. #SaudiCrimes pic.twitter.com/q9jEzFn6bC— Munir Al Khald (@KhaldMunir) August 20, 2018
A woman was beheaded publicly without painkillers - they wanted to make the pain more powerful for her,” said Muhammed al Saeedi, a human rights activist. Saudi Arabia is a member of UN Women Rights Commission. Meanwhile Feminists around the world is worried about Manspreading— Comrade Squinty (@squintneon) January 18, 2018
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