Judge Khalifa Al-Tamimi of the General Court in the city of Onaizah in the central province of Qassim recently allowed two young Saudi women to marry — one a Saudi man and the other a foreigner. He
I have written several times about lashing as a discretionary punishment; my hope has been that the courts would review this kind of ruling. Some sentences of lashings have distorted the image of our
THE new Shoura Council began its first session by discussing the 23 articles of a draft bill governing the duties of housemaids. It spent a lot of time deliberating Article 8, which says the housemaid
RIYADH: During his daylong visit to the Kingdom on Sunday, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner visited the governmental Human Rights Commission (HRC). Bandar Al-Aiban, the head of the HRC,
THE tale of Saudi students abroad is not a happy one. The Ministry of Higher Education is not at all attentive to their welfare. As the students represent human wealth, the ministry should help resolve
