JEDDAH: The National Society for Human Rights has affirmed its support for anti-discrimination laws.
In a recent tweet, the NSHR said: “The principle of #No_discrimination is a comprehensive principle in international human rights law. It has been affirmed by all major human rights treaties.”
The NSHR is striving to contribute to building a just and equal society in accordance with the Islamic laws that call for tolerance and reject injustice and extremism.
The rights body has affirmed that discrimination in the provision of services or in organizational policies is a blatant violation of laws.
Dima Al-Shareef, a Saudi legal expert, told Arab News: “A project to study discriminatory practices was launched under the umbrella of the
Saudi Shoura Council.”
According to the expert, based on the study new recommendations would be proposed and put to the vote for further action.
“The (existing legal) system proposes seven-year imprisonment and a fine starting from SR500,000 ($133,290) for anyone (found guilty of) contempt for a particular religion or group or race,” Al-Shareef added.
She explained that racial discrimination is defined in Article 1 of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in 1965.
It states that racial discrimination is “any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, color, descent or national origin or ethnic groups, that targets or entails the disruption or impediment to the recognition, enjoyment or equal exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life.”
Saudi Human rights body affirms support for anti-discrimination laws
Saudi Human rights body affirms support for anti-discrimination laws
Saudi, Pakistan defense chiefs discuss ‘measures needed to halt’ Iranian attacks on Kingdom
RIYADH: Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and Pakistan’s Chief of Defense Forces Asim Munir discussed Iran’s attacks on the Kingdom, amid the escalating military conflict in the Middle East.
“We discussed Iranian attacks on the Kingdom and the measures needed to halt them within the framework of our Joint Strategic Defense Agreement,” Prince Khalid wrote on social media early on Saturday.
“We stressed that such actions undermine regional security and stability and expressed hope that the Iranian side will exercise wisdom and avoid miscalculation.”
The US and Israel began a large-scale military campaign against Iran on Feb. 28. Iran has since attacked a number of sites across the Gulf.
Tehran has also attacked US and Israeli military assets as the war as escalated, impacting lives in the peaceful Arabian Gulf peninsula and risked shaking the global economy as Iran continued restricting energy shipping along the Strait of Hormuz.
The Saudi Defense Ministry said a number of drones had been shot down that were targeting the Shayba oil field in the Empty Quarter on Saturday.
A drone attacked the US embassy in Riyadh on Tuesday causing a minor fire, but no one was hurt in the incident.
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a “Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement” in September, pledging that aggression against one country would be treated as an attack on both.
Separately, Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif, the Saudi interior minister, received a call from his Pakistani counterpart Raza Naqvi, who condemned the blatant attacks targeting the Kingdom and affirmed his country’s solidarity in confronting any threats to the Kingdom’s security and stability, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday.
