A Saudi court on Thursday issued harsh jail terms against two human rights defenders despite reforms touted by the kingdom’s crown prince, Amnesty International said. The court in Riyadh sentenced Mohammad al-Otaibi and Abdullah al-Attawi to 14 and seven years in imprisonment, respectively, the rights group said. “The harsh sentencing… ...
The meeting between the Syrian Arab Republic delegation headed by Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari, and UN Special Envoy for Syrian, Staffan de Mistura, was held on Thursday at the UN HQ in Vienna. Last week, de Mistura directed an invitation for holding a new round ...
