On the 20th anniversary of its founding, ten human rights organisations have issued a joint report exposing the Saudi Human Rights Commission (HRC) as a propaganda tool rather than a watchdog for rights. Titled “The Saudi Human Rights...
Saudi repression is no longer confined within the Kingdom. Through Turki Alalshikh, the regime’s entertainment czar, Mohammed bin Salman’s censorship machine now extends into the heart of Western democracies—silencing independent journalism in...
In 2019, the Saudi regime believed it had secured its financial future with the historic IPO of Aramco. Yet today, the numbers tell a different story. The company’s stock now trades at 23.51 SAR—its lowest level since going public, even lower than...
A Fantasy Sold as Innovation The Saudi regime is no longer content with selling hollow economic slogans—it now seeks to reinvent the very idea of architecture. The Line, the flagship project of “Vision 2030,” was marketed as a futuristic urban...
Once known as a kingdom of overflowing oil wealth, Saudi Arabia is now descending into a cycle of mounting debt, economic uncertainty, and financial desperation. Under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s rule, the kingdom is losing its long...
It doesn’t take a seasoned observer to notice the signs of financial suffocation gripping Saudi Arabia this past week. The markets are in steady decline, foreign reserves at the central bank are hemorrhaging tens of billions in a single month, and...