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Saudi Arabia oil production cut to last two more months, minister says
A general view shows the Saudi Aramco oil facility in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 23 November 2007 [AFP PHOTO/HASSAN AMMAR/Getty] January 7, 2021 at 2:20 pm
Saudi Arabia s oil production cut will last a further two months coming to an end in April, the kingdom s energy ministry has announced.
Speaking in a televised interview with
Bloomberg yesterday, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman said: We gave the oil industry a wonderful present and a wonderful surprise. We re extending support and help to the industry.
According to the prince, Saudi Arabia made its decision separately from the other 22 member states of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and without consulting them. That is because influencing them to also make further cuts would have been excruciating for many of them, as the organisation s member states already agreed to cut oil production last summer in or
HRW Accuses Saudi Arabia of Using Flashy Events to Cover up Horrible Human Rights Violations Published January 6th, 2021 - 08:29 GMT
People hold pictures of Samar Badawi (C) and her brother jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi (R) as they demonstrate in support of Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam, on May 7, 2015 in Paris. (AFP / Stephane De Sakutin)
Encouraging celebrities to speak up, the push-back campaign is a countermeasure against Saudi Arabia’s efforts to use influential people to whitewash its human rights violations.
Countering Saudi Arabia’s efforts to soften its image, a campaign launched by Human Rights Watch has roped in celebrities, musicians, athletes, influencers and artists, whose platform the international rights group is using to inform the public about the Kingdom’s large-scale human rights violations.