prominent member of the saudi royal family has reportedly been detained by authorities in saudi arabia human rights watch says prince vias all been a. was detained at the end of march and hasn't been heard from sense is the son of the late king abdullah and the former head of the country's red crescent society so you've already been condemned internationally for a spate of arrest targeting prominent people abilities i'm wired as a human rights activist who joins us via skype from dublin we appreciate your time very much so what do we know about what do you know about. thank you for much of 1st of all i want to get to have the bigger picture to the whole yes so the arabia is an absolute monarchy where princes or of the royal family. it's like a racist regime where they have some privileges that other people's on top so when somebody who is a son of the king go and disappear and this is not the 1st case out of the order flow that means that when you go to the normal people under like the pioneer of the law i am at now by them prison a couple of days ago because he wasn't treated right and medically and the

a prominent saudi prince has reportedly been detained by authorities in saudi arabia human rights watch says prince. was detained at the end of march and has not been seen since is a sign of the late king abdullah and the former head of the country's red crescent society authorities have been internationally for carrying out a spate of arrests targeting prominent saudis. and the death of a prominent tribal leader in saudi arabia on the spotlight on tensions over the kingdom's new mega city project for him are quite a was shot by security forces 3 weeks ago after refusing to give up his home to make way for this planned city and handle concerns are mounting about the project as well some of inch of it has more. this is when saudi officials reported be handed over the body of a key to his tribe his family denies the official narrative that of the game was a terrorist who was killed after opening fire at security forces. and in videos uploaded on the internet he complained that he was being asked to leave his ancestral land a rare public defiance to a royal decree. that if. i'm from out of

prominent member of the saudi royal family has reportedly been detained by authorities in saudi arabia human rights watch says prince abdullah was detained at the end of march and hasn't been heard from since he is a son of the late king abdullah and the former head of the country's red crescent society saudi authorities have been condemned to nationally for a spate of arrests targeting prominent business people while family members and current and former officials. well human rights watch deputy director for the middle east said that despite waves of criticism the moonless behavior of saudi authorities during the defector rule of mohamed bin salmond continues unabated now we have to add prince fi cell to the hundreds detained in saudi arabia without a clear legal basis. the emir of kuwait says his country faces a great and unprecedented challenge because of the drop in global oil prices shakes . says he's calling on the government and parliament to unite cut spending and develop plans to reduce oil dependence has already announced cuts of more than $1000000.00 barrels a day in line with the opec plus ag

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and saudi arabia the oil giant whose economic diversification has led it to the north east of england but critics are accusing the kingdom of trying to sports watch its human rights record. look we all know we're in the middle of a storm like no other right now and really it's no one even if you are a country with oil sure some of the bigger players are doing ok though even saudi arabia is cutting subsidies and raising taxes but small opec players are really taking a hit from the coronavirus pandemic and oil prices sliding into negative territory however briefly think about oman and behind both could receive economic support from the likes of saudi arabia and the u.a.e. but our focus is on those resource rich nations that with oil prices at around $30.00 a barrel may have to turn to the international monetary fund and start with algeria which has seen its debt soar to 45 percent of g.d.p. from just 26 percent and 2017 it had base this year's austerity budget at $50.00 a barrel so it's potentially got real problems angola which in 2018 got a $3800000000.00 loan from the i.m.f. and it could be banging on the door again as africa's 2nd biggest oil producer it rely.

saudi arabia vivi be go through difficulties and also many of them have been killed during this risky trip . and in some other news a prominent saudi prince has reportedly been detained human rights watch says senior saudi royal prince feisal saudi was detained at the end of march and hasn't been heard from since he is the son of the late king abdullah and the former head of the country's red crescent society saudi authorities a face global condemnation for carrying out a spate arrest targeting prominent citizens. saying in the region the emir of kuwait is saying that his country is facing a great unprecedented challenge because of the drop in global oil prices. says he's calling on the government and the parliament to unite cut spending and develop plans to reduce the dependence on oil kuwait has already announced cuts to more than a 1000000 barrels a day in line with the opec agreement to reduce oil production globally but even before the pandemic the gulf state was struggling to balance its books in january projected its biggest ever budget deficit for this year of over $30000000000.00 according to its own oil ministry it would have needed oil to be $86.00 a barrel to balance the bo