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Saudi Arabia tortures Christians even as it makes human-rights gestures.

by Jeff M. Sellers | posted 12/01/2004 12:00AM

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When Saudi authorities round up the usual suspects, they tend to press the usual charges. Advocacy groups say that according O'Connor's employers, authorities fabricated charges of alcohol possession and sale against him because he is a Christian.

Advocacy organizations appeal to Christians to encourage Saudi officials to follow through on their human-rights overtures. Urge them to allow the new National Human Rights Association to promote and protect human rights.

Call on Saudi Arabia to accede to and ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Cultural, and Social Rights. Also, ask them to safeguard freedom to worship in their own homes, as supposedly guaranteed by Saudi law:

His Excellency Prince Bandar Bin Sultan bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud
The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia
601 New Hampshire Ave. N.W.
Washington, DC 20037

Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud
Royal Court
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

H.R.H. Prince Saud Al-Faisal
Royal Minister of Foreign Affairs
Shariya Nasriya
Riyadh 11124, Saudi Arabia

Pray for reform in Saudi Arabia, and for protection for Christians there.

—Jeff M. Sellers

Related Elsewhere:

Bearing the Cross also focused on Saudi Arabia in April 2002

More Christianity Today articles on Saudi Arabia include:

Is Christianity a Religion of Peace? | Saudi Arabia claims Wahhabist Islam isn't the most dangerous religion. (Oct. 11, 2002)

Saudi Arabia Blocks Religious Websites | Few are surprised at restrictions found in Harvard study. (Aug. 07, 2002)

How to Confront a Theocracy | The most effective way to address the human rights disaster in Saudi Arabia may be to let Muhammad do the talking. (July 03, 2002)

Flogged and Deported | What you can do to help persecuted Christians in Saudi Arabia. (May 7, 2002)

U.S. Ally Jails House-Church Leaders | More than a dozen Christians imprisoned in Saudi Arabia since last summer. (November 11, 2001)

Naming Names | Were the State Department's actions on international religious freedom compromised by the war on terrorism? (Nov. 7, 2001)

What Does 09.11.01 Mean for Religious Persecution Policy? | Persecution watchdogs fear religious freedom will suffer. (Oct. 10, 2001)

Previous Bearing the Cross articles include:

Pakistan—October 2004

Iran—July 2004

Vietnam—April 2004

China—January 2004

North Korea—July 2003

Indonesia—April 2003

Nigeria—Feb. 2003

Egypt—Dec. 2002

Cuba—Oct. 2002

Turkmenistan—Aug. 2002

India—June 2002

Saudi Arabia—April 2002

Iran—March 2002

Vietnam—January 2002

Pakistan—Nov 2001

Laos—Oct, 2001

North Korea—Aug. 2001

Sudan—June 2001

Indonesia—April 2001

China—March 2001

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