More news of the dystopian kingdom

Speaking of Saudi Arabia, As’ad AbuKhalil posted a link to video of Saturday’s gigantic demonstration in Sana’a, Yemen, against the Saudi regime on the anniversary of the initiation of US-supported Saudi bombing. Wow.

Meanwhile,

The Saudi Arabia's Bureau of Investigation has announced it is pushing to impose the death penalty for homosexuals who ‘solicit homosexual acts on social media’.

Some social media users have used the Arabic-language hashtag #I’mGayYouWon’tTerroriseMe to express outrage at the proposed legislation and show solidarity with the Saudi LGBT community.

Two good James O’Brien interviews about Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the US, and the UK

(The second interview begins around the 7-minute mark.)

As Glenn Greenwald argues:

It’s so fun - and so easy - to highlight and protest the bad acts done by the countries declared to be the Bad Ones by your own government. It’s not quite as fun or easy to highlight and protest the bad acts done by your own government itself or its closest allies. Yet as O’Brien pointed out, journalism is far more valuable, and the public interest served far more, by doing the latter rather than the former.

Catastrophe in Yemen

“4,500 killed in Yemen in 150 Days of Saudi-led bombing.”

Yemen

“Why Are We Ignoring the War on Yemen?”

“What are the real Saudi motives in Yemen?”

An interesting article by Joe Lauria.