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Human Rights Matter
While tyrants in Riyadh and Moscow scheme to flood the world with oil this October, ordinary people pay the price; in Yemen, in Ukraine, and at home.
Our wealth fuels oppression, not dignity.
www.cointribune.com/en/russia-an...
Saudi’s Asia Cup Spectacl
Deeper truth: since January, 239 executions have been carried out; 75% of drug-related death sentences hit foreign nationals, highlighting the brutal reality behind the glamorous veneer.
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Europe once sold its values for cash, letting stars like Ronaldo chase Saudi paychecks. Now? Saudi clubs are luring young European talent. Not just retirements.
this is full-on sportswashing, and it seems working
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Another football star lured to Saudi Arabia with obscene amounts of money. This is not about sport; it's about washing a blood-soaked reputation. Don't be fooled by the glitz & glamour.
www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
Behind the Shine: Who’s Really Powering Saudi Arabia’s Cleaning Boom?
Saudi Arabia’s $498M household cleaners market is booming, while Mostly underpaid foreign workers cleaning homes.
Growth stats sound great… until you ask who they benefit.
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239 executions in the shadow of war
peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/04/i...
Twenty-year-old Mohammed Algasim, who was on a 10-week placement to study English, was found with fatal injuries in Mill Park, a street near Cambridge railway station, on Friday evening.
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While the world is distracted by shiny new projects & football stars, the Saudi regime has executed 17 people in 3 days, bringing the total to horrifying 239 this year. This is not justice, it's a bloodbath.
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
Heartbroken for the lives lost.
Our sincere condolences.
This was not fate; it was the inevitable result of corruption and a lack of oversight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/w...
Years into Vision 2030, and our economy remains shackled to the whims of the oil market. True prosperity and stability for the Saudi people will only come from genuine economic diversification, not just headline-grabbing projects.
nytimes.com/2025/08/03/b...
A grim symmetry in #SaudiArabia : 230 active drilling rigs for Baker Hughes, and 230 people executed by the state this year.
While one extracts oil, the other extracts lives.
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Another day, another grim record for Saudi Arabia. Eight more executions, mainly of African nationals for non-violent drug offenses.
This surge to 230 executions in 2025 makes a mockery of the "reformist" image.
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
They boast of a 'green' hydrogen plant in #NEOM, but it's watered with the tears of the Huwaitat tribe, forcibly displaced from their ancestral lands.
This isn't a sustainable future; it's a continuation of injustice under a green banner.
interestingengineering.com/energy/saudi...
A booming data center market in Saudi Arabia isn't just about technology; it's about control.
More data in the hands of a regime that surveils and punishes its people is a threat to every citizen's privacy and freedom.
finance.yahoo.com/news/saudi-a...
Jeddah Tower reaches for the sky while the rights of migrant workers who build it are trampled on the ground
Another glittering facade for #Vision2030 , built on exploitation and inequality
How many lives are being crushed to build these monuments?
www.rudebaguette.com/en/2025/08/s...
Don't be fooled by the glitter of a tournament.
While they parade gamers for cameras, brave Saudi activists who fought for the freedom are silenced and imprisoned.
This isn't progress; it's PR.
www.arabnews.com/node/2610398...
The head of the very ministry that silences dissent, tortures activists, and spies on citizens is welcomed at
@INTERPOL_HQ
This isn't about global security; it's about a repressive regime seeking to extend its reach and hunt down dissidents abroad.
www.interpol.int/News-and-Eve...
SABIC's third quarterly loss isn't just a market downturn; it's a reflection of failed economic policies.
While billions are poured into #sportswashing and vanity projects like #NEOM, our core industries suffer.
Who pays the price for these fantasies?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Saudi Arabia's "war on drugs" is a war on the poor and marginalized.
The surge in executions for non-violent drug offenses is a horrifying testament to the regime's brutality.
This isn't justice; it's state-sanctioned murder.
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
The $1 Trillion "Mirror Line" is a perfect symbol for the Saudi regime: a glittering, empty facade built on the displacement of its own people.
It reflects a fantasy of the future while hiding a present reality of repression and injustice.
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The curtain is pulled back.
While the regime spends trillions on vanity projects like #NEOM, the oil rigs that fund the fantasy are at a 20-year low.
They are gambling our nation's future on PR stunts.
This isn't a vision, it's a reckless bet.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Saudi regime isn't buying players, it's buying silence. Luring stars like Bruno Fernandes with oil money is a desperate #sportswashing tactic to make the world forget the political prisoners languishing in their jails.
Don't cheer for the distraction.
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The Saudi regime wants to buy LeBron's voice to silence ours. This isn't about basketball; it's about #sportswashing their abysmal human rights record.
We urge King James to stand with the oppressed, not the oppressors.
www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/los-a...
Cracks are showing in the mirage of #NEOM. Layoffs and downscaling reveal the truth behind the glossy brochures: a project built on forced displacement and broken promises, not a vision for the future.
The real cost of The Line is paid in human suffering
www.newsweek.com/neom-saudi-a...
The #Saudi regime's takeover of boxing, masked as "reform," is another blatant attempt at #sportswashing.
They're not protecting athletes; they're buying another platform to silence dissent and hide their human rights abuses.
Don't let them KO the truth.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
Fairground ride snaps mid-air in Saudi Arabia, injuring 23
This is the model of reform being pursued by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia
www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/m...
#Revision2030
Tourism Stats
Target: 100M tourist visits/year by 2030
2024: 30M "visits" (inflated metric, counts each internal trip as a separate visit)
#Revision2030
Giga-projects are now being phased rather than completed in one go
#Revision2030
Ritz-Carlton detentions of #Saudi elites triggered a drop in foreign investment and trust.
This "normal" football news is the perfect smokescreen.
It keeps fans focused on familiar league business while the sport's soul is being sold to a kingdom that executes dissidents and jails activists for tweets.
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