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16 September, 2004
16 September 2004Saudi Arabia has been placed on a U.S. "blacklist," reserved for countries whose record for religious freedom is deemed of "'particular concern.'" As in previous years, the State Department found that "'freedom of religion does not exist'" in Saudi Arabia, but the country's inclusion on the list -- alongside Vietnam, Eritrea, Burma, China, Cuba, Iran and North Korea -- is a first. Some Saudis have dismissed the report as politically timed to influence the elections, while U.S. Democrats have accused Bush of disregarding Saudi Arabia's broader human rights violations until now.
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