Cymek said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16851-saudi-arabias-the-line-drastically-scales-back-its-ambitions

“Scrutiny heightened as construction began in October of 2022, when reports surfaced that the Saudi government had issued death sentences and lengthy prison sentences to six members of the Howeitat tribe, which has long inhabited the proposed site, for resisting their eviction. In May 2023, a group of United Nations–appointed human rights experts issued a report outlining allegations of torture and other mistreatment involving the sentenced Howeitet people, warning the Saudi government of potential violations against international law. “

Why is this sort of stuff from SA hidden away in an architectural journal?

They are the West’s buddies when we want to use military bases on their territory

And as long as the West sell them weapons (which are better than the Russian equivalents), and the West doesn’t talk too loudly about how those weapons are used.