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A London-based expatriate Saudi human rights activist has complained that he has received death threats. He believes the threat was made by followers of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Alia Abutaya Alhuwaiti told the BBC that she had received the threats by phone and tweet.
He raised the issue internationally after his tribe blocked the Saudi government’s plan to build a leading-edge city on the shores of the Red Sea.
“We can catch you in London,” said Miss Alhuaiti about her phone call threat, “you think you are safe there. But you are not safe.”
“What happened to Jamal Khashoggi will happen to you,” he said.
He then reported the threat to the London police.
Jamal Khashoggi, a journalist and fierce critic of the Saudi prince’s actions, was killed by government agents inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2016 and his body was dismembered and carried in a bag.
Western intelligence agencies believe the murder was ordered by Prince Mohammed. The Saudi government has denied the allegations.
On April 13, a man named Abdul Rahim al-Huwaiti posted a video online.
He alleged that the security forces were trying to evict him and his tribesmen over a new development project called ‘Neom’.
Alia Alhuwaiti, a member of the same tribe, broadcast the video online.
In the video, Abdul Rahim al-Huwaiti says he will not accept the government’s eviction order.
At one point in the video, he expressed fear that security forces might leave illegal weapons at his home in an attempt to convict him.
He was killed shortly thereafter by the Saudi security forces.
A statement by state security forces acknowledged his death, but said he had shot at security forces, who were forced to retaliate.
Miss Alhuwaiti has denied the allegations. He insists, Mr. Al-Huwaiti had no weapons.
Last Wednesday, he posted some photos and videos online where Mr. in the village of Al-Khoraiba. The scene of Al-Huwaiti’s funeral has been seen.
Al-Waitat is a tribe of Arab Bedouins who are very proud of their history and tradition.
Their names are written in history as fearless warriors. This tribe was killed during the 1917 Arab uprising. E. fought alongside Lawrence of Arabia.
Now, most Al Hoitat members have abandoned nomadic desert life and live in their own villages.
“They are not against the Neom development project,” says Alia Abutaya Alhuwaiti. “What they want is for them not to be evicted from the land of seven men.”
He said that seven cousins of Abdul Rahim al-Huwaiti had also been arrested for protesting against the government’s evictions.
They want to challenge the government order with the help of western human rights activists.
But Prince Mohammed wants to reduce Saudi Arabia’s dependence on oil. For him he wants to build a modern city.
But the death of a protester to oppose this ambitious plan is not the first problem for him.
Jamal Khashoggi’s death has shaken the foundation for the faith of international investors in the Saudi monarchy.
Doubts have also been raised about Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is believed to have the omnipotence of the kingdom.
The global economy has recently been hit by the coronavirus and the oil market has been hit hard.
At this time it is unknown what he will do after leaving the position.
But a Saudi government press release on Sunday claimed that the project was working properly. And by 2013, the first city will be built.
At this time it is unknown what he will do after leaving the position.
And now there are deep doubts about whether the project will end at all.
Source: BBC
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