Saudi Arabia remains a closed society with its own interpretation of Islamic Law, an insistence on royal privilege, and an uneven record on human rights. The Saudi File represents a unique documentary insight into this hidden kingdom. Anders Jerichow has assembled a comprehensive collection of primary source documents on the elements of state power in the country, ranging from laws, royal decrees and extracts from speeches, to opposition comment, international reports and other previously unpublished confidential material from the state department and CIA among others.
Topics covered range from calls for accountability, religious reform, the legal system, censorship, torture, labour conditions, gender and the Gulf war. The Massari affair is fully discussed along with the responses of the Saudi regime and implications for the future. The Saudi File will provide scholars with a comprehensive resource on the modern Saudi state and the issues facing those in power. It will also provoke debate on the wider issues of state power, personal freedom, and human rights throughout the region.
- ISBN10 0312215207
- ISBN13 9780312215200
- Publish Date 15 June 1998 (first published 12 May 1998)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Palgrave MacMillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 340
- Language English