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March 27th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Saudi Arabia, the most conservative country in the world, prepares to welcome US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is traveling to Riyadh this week to discuss with King Abdullah how best to deal with the Syrian crisis.
Human rights movements, however, point out the irony of discussing freedom, in a country where protesting can be considered an act punishable by death.
In March, the Kingdom’s religious council issued a fatwa directly condemning social unrest.
Four protesters have been killed in Riyadh this year alone, with up to 50 arrested.
“Once you have a demonstration in Saudi Arabia, typically that demonstration is going to be repressed harshly. We have seen many reports by independent reporters and human rights organizations verifying this fact,” shared Dr Ibrahim Alloush, a professor at Zaytouneh University in Jordan. “Demonstrations in Saudi Arabia are simply illegal.”
Yet, despite harsh treatment of its own protesters, Saudi Arabia has been very supportive of revolt elsewhere.
Riyadh was among the first to push for international intervention in Libya.
While in Syria, it is believed to be the main financier of the rebels.
“When things did not move as expected, mainly because of the Russian-Chinese veto in the UN, they decided to play a major role by announcing even publicly, that they plan to arm the rebels in Syria,” reveals Camille Otrakji, an editor for the Syria Comment online.
For all its rough tactics at home and abroad, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is never scolded by the USA. Riyadh and Washington are currently negotiating a $60 billion sale of advanced American weapons. Brothers in arms, conveniently, they are still not each other’s keepers.
Saudi Arabia is a country where women’s rights are limited.
Among many restrictions, Saudi women need permission from their male guardians, be it a father, a husband or a son, to get a job. Saudi women are still banned from driving, too.
The royal family that has been keeping these rules in place claims they are part of Saudi heritage and therefore should be respected. But while prescribing this restrictive lifestyle for its citizens, some members of Saudi elite do not seem to think these rules should apply to themselves.
Yet very close to Saudi Arabia there is a country that has a reputation as the most liberal in Arab society.
Lebanon is oddly becoming a refuge for citizens of Saudi Arabia as thousands of Saudis come to Beirut every month in what some call a freedom vacation.
It’s here where many Saudi women get the chance to walk the streets all by themselves
“I was born in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and it felt very limited, very constrained. I had to cover my face, my arms, the whole of my body. What, I’m a human being over here, please look at me,” a woman in Beirut told RT.
And Saudi men can indulge themselves in gambling in Beirut’s many casinos. Something that would be absolutely off limits at home.
When it comes to cutting loose abroad, some of the Saudi establishment does not exactly present a picture of religious piety. Saudi princes have been seen raining hundreds of thousands of dollars on women in night clubs, ready cash by their sides.
The excesses of the select few and restrictions for everybody else have not gone unnoticed – fuelling public discontent. But the protests over the past year have been repeatedly met with live rounds.
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