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riyadh bureau archived copy of the site that ran between 2012 2013 skip to content primary menu riyadh bureau archived copy of the site that ran between 2012 2013 search for close menu home 10 saudi royals who could become the next crown prince about contact search for recent posts open again so long kpmg accused in saudi bribery case short term pain long term gain uniquely captive audience archives march 2021 november 2013 october 2013 september 2013 august 2013 july 2013 june 2013 may 2013 april 2013 march 2013 february 2013 january 2013 december 2012 november 2012 october 2012 september 2012 august 2012 categories images links text uncategorized video meta create account log in entries feed comments feed wordpress com open again this website has been re born as a newsletter subscribe now to get news analysis and commentary on saudi arabia delivered to your inbox comment march 30 2021 ahmed so long i m sad to announce the end of riyadh bureau this has been an interesting experiment during the past 13 months the site has become an important source of news and analysis on saudi arabia however with no clear plan to monetize its content it was difficult to anticipate how long that experiment could last while the site will no longer be updated i will continue to cover saudi arabia in the future follow me on twitter for the latest farewell and thanks for reading ahmed november 27 2013 ahmed announcement kpmg accused in saudi bribery case auditing firm kpmg will possibly face criminal charges for their role in the bribery of government officials in saudi arabia by dutch construction giant ballast nedam according to a report published monday in de telegraaf newspaper public prosecutors in the netherlands suspect that kpmg has played an active role in helping ballast nedam win major construction projects by obscuring hundreds of millions of dollars that were paid as bribes to officials the newspaper said the investigation focuses on the use of false contracts and secret payments via switzerland during the period from 1997 to 2004 ballast nedam is the fourth biggest dutch construction and engineering company and they have been involved in several mega projects in saudi arabia over the last 25 years including building king fahad causeway that connects the country to bahrain and the construction of military bases saudi billionaire prince alwaleed bin talal owns a minority stake in ballast nedam photo courtesy of line ørstavik via flickr november 26 2013 ahmed bribery corruption kpmg link short term pain long term gain angus mcdowall saudi arabia s crackdown on foreign workers has thrown millions of lives into turmoil and caused rioting in big cities but the economy should benefit in the long run as saudi nationals fill the gaps and cut their dependence on the state nearly a million foreigners have left saudi arabia since march when authorities stopped turning a blind eye to visa irregularities they had tolerated for decades and tens of thousands more have been detained in raids on offices and marketplaces that began this month november 20 2013 october 18 2017 ahmed angus mcdowall labor link uniquely captive audience matt smith reports for reuters the restrictions on saudi society where morality police patrol public spaces to enforce approved modes of behavior has created a uniquely captive audience for web based news and entertainment media experts say with a population of 28 3 million saudi arabia is now the biggest user of youtube per capita in the world and according to analysts semiocast was the eighth most active country on twitter as of april accounting for 2 33 percent of all tweets november 19 2013 october 18 2017 ahmed twitter youth youtube link will the crackdown work the economist on saudi crackdown on undocumented foreign workers all this is meant to lower the kingdom s unemployment rate officially 13 percent but believed to be twice as high among the young although trimming the foreign workforce will theoretically free up jobs for locals few saudis seem likely to seek them least of all those of the menial kind which the kingdom s 19m citizens tend to shun still some economists expect longer term benefits as an overall rise in labour costs makes saudis more attracted to lower prestige and starting level jobs where wages have long been kept down by the abundance of foreign labour november 15 2013 october 18 2017 ahmed labor link saudi bargain of governance andrew hammond the forlorn hope that the saudi ruling family would budge on this issue reveals some misunderstandings which can be attributed to wishful thinking about the way the system works governance in the country is first and foremost a bargain between the al saud family and the religious scholars or ulama there are other bargains such as that with the hejazi commercial elite which was replaced by a najdi elite after the oil boom of the 1970s but the key alliance for ensuring the social and political peace that al saud needs to maintain its rule is that with the ulama november 12 2013 october 18 2017 ahmed women driving saudi arabia wins seat on un human rights council saudi arabia won a seat on the human rights council the un s highest rights watchdog body despite objections from independent human rights organizations the kingdom was one of 14 new members elected on tuesday to the 47 seat geneva based council six human rights groups sent a letter to the saudi king on friday urging him to improve the country s record ahead of election by releasing all imprisoned human rights and civil society activists saudi arabia should make good on its professed commitment to human rights and stop persecuting citizens who call on the authorities to respect these rights said joe stork of human rights watch in a statement saudi arabia has a long way to go to improve its human rights record but ending the crackdown on independent activists would be a start the new york based group said that saudi arabia and four other nations that won seats russia china vietnam and algeria have denied un investigators visits to check alleged abuses members of hrc will serve for three years and will not be eligible for immediate reelection after two consecutive terms in an editorial published sunday the washington post said countries that abuse human rights should be kept off the council saudi arabia wants to be on the council even though it has routinely thrown people into prison without charge or trial and refuses to allow women to drive on their own the newspaper said saudi win comes less than 3 weeks after the country rejected a seat on the un security council citing its failure to resolve the crisis in syria and other international conflicts photo courtesy of un photo geneva via flickr november 12 2013 ahmed human rights un victims of saudi crackdown on undocumented workers abdul rahman al rashed the campaign to correct illegal workers status has been successful so far but it has created victims some were born and have lived in saudi arabia for decades many countries across the world give citizenship to people like these some of them have lived in saudi arabia for 40 years and became saudis though not in the legal sense of the word we do not know how many there are but regardless i do not think it is a big number compared with that of contemporary violators those who have lived with us and worked tirelessly should along with their families at least be granted the right of residency or simple documentation acknowledging a right they have enjoyed these residents deserve their status to be corrected because we are confronting an issue that recurs a lot in society as citizenship becomes a fait accompli november 11 2013 ahmed abdulrahman alrashed labor nsa spied on saudis in opec der spiegel a review of the section reserved for the opec secretary general documented that the saudis were using underhanded tactics even within the organization according to the nsa analysts riyadh had tried to keep an increase in oil production a secret for as long as possible saudi arabia s opec governor is also on the list of individuals targeted for surveillance for which the nsa had secured approval from the secret foreign intelligence surveillance court the documents show how careful the americans were to suspend their surveillance when the saudi visited the united states but as soon as he had returned to riyadh the nsa analysts began infiltrating his communications once again november 11 2013 ahmed nsa oil opec posts navigation older posts create a website or blog at wordpress com riyadh bureau create a website or blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed riyadh bureau sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy riyadh bureau subscribe subscribed sign up log in report this content view site in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email required name required website design a site like this with wordpress com get started