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According to Human Rights Watch annual report 2016, Saudi Arabia continued to prosecute pro-reform activists and dissidents. Saudi Arabia's terrorism court sentenced Waleed Abu al-Khair, prominent activist, to 15 years. He was convicted on charges concerning his peaceful criticism of the human rights situation in his country.
Saudi Arabia's Köppen climate classification map. The climate of Saudi Arabia is marked by high temperatures during the day and low temperatures at night. The country follows the pattern of the desert climate , with the exception of the southwest, which features a subtropical highland climate and a semi-desert climate .
This is a list of hospitals in Saudi Arabia. There are a total of 504 hospitals as of 2020. 287 of these hospitals are under the direction of the Ministry of Health. Another 50 hospitals are run by other governmental organizations. The remaining 167 hospitals are privately operated. [1]
Football in Saudi Arabia is governed by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation (SAFF) (Arabic: الاتحاد السعودي لكرة القدم). It was founded in 1956. [2] It administers both the club competitions and the national football teams of Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Arabia Football Federation founder is Prince Abdullah bin Faisal al Saud.
Saudi Arabia is doing many reforms to reduce the country's dependency on oil revenues, but many of these reforms have overburdened some citizens. The Citizen's Account, which is a form of basic income , is designed to balance this up, to avoid burdening lower income families which would otherwise occur despite higher prices for oil, fuel and ...
The modern history of Saudi Arabia [1] begins with the declaration of the unification of Saudi Arabia in a single kingdom in 1932. This period of time in Saudi Arabia's history includes the discovery of oil in Saudi Arabia and many events. It goes on to encompass Saudi Arabia's brief involvement in World War II in 1945.
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Saudi Arabia persuaded OPEC to do the same. A few small players went bankrupt, but American frackers only shut down their less-profitable operations temporarily, and waited for oil prices to go up again. Saudi Arabia, which had been spending $100 billion a year to keep services and subsidies going, had to admit defeat in November 2016.