Royal Family

Written by  Emma Reynolds A fashion model who claimed she was raped by a wealthy Saudi Prince has given a fresh testimony after prosecutors said some details needed to be clarified. The 23-year-old woman, who arrived at court in Ibiza yesterday wearing a black hat and dark sunglasses, repeated her accusation against the prince, despite what her lawyer called ‘tough questioning’. Prince Alwaleed bin...
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Written by  Neil Sears A married Saudi Arabian princess has been given asylum because she had an illegitimate child by a British man. She claimed that if she returned home she would face being stoned to death for adultery. Her initial claim for asylum was rejected by Britain’s Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, because of inconsistencies in her account, and fears that she was exaggerating...
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Written by Lynn Curwin London- A Saudi prince, who was captured on CCTV assaulting his servant, admitted to killing the man but said it was not murder. Bandar Abdulaziz, 32, was found dead in the London hotel room he was sharing with Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al-Saud, 34, on 15 February. He had been beaten and strangled, and had suffered several injuries, including bites to...
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A Saudi Arabian rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in jail for adultery has been pardoned. The married 19-year-old was with a male friend when they were abducted at knifepoint and sexually assaulted by a gang of seven men. Despite her ordeal, she was charged and convicted of having an affair with the man. Pardon: King Abdullah said judges were correct...
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Written by Janessa Schilmoeller (MintPress)—Former Senators Bob Graham (D-FL) and Bob Kerrey (D-NE) recently issued sworn statements in support of a 10-year old lawsuit filed by the families of Sept. 11 victims who claim that the government of Saudi Arabia may have played a bigger role in the 9/11 terrorist attacks than originally thought. Despite allegations accusing Saudi Arabia of aiding and abetting terrorists including...
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Written by  Emily Allen A Saudi prince is to be questioned again over allegations he drugged and sexually assaulted a young model on a yacht in the Mediterranean three years ago.   Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, 56 – one of the world’s richest men with an estimated fortune of £12.3billion – is accused of raping the 20-year-old while in Ibiza in August 2008.  ...
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Written by  Cahal Milmo Royal runs campaign for change in her homeland from a suburb in west London Her Royal Highness Princess Basma Bint Saud Bin Abdul Aziz is one of the more unlikely critics of the élite that runs Saudi Arabia. The oil state boasts a 15,000-strong royal family but it is rare for a voice from within its ranks to become part...
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Written by Chad Selweski Apparently the warm breezes of the Arab Spring have not melted the icy stares of the misogynistic leaders of the Saudi royal family. A report given to a high-level advisory group in Saudi Arabia claims that allowing women in the kingdom to drive could encourage premarital sex, a rights activist said Saturday. The ultraconservative stance suggests increasing pressure on King Abdullah...
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Written by  Douglas Rushkoff (CNN) — The social media universe has been aghast this week after the revelation that Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia has invested $300 million in Twitter. The shock and awe seems to center around the notion that Twitter has been at least partly responsible for the Arab Spring uprisings that directly threaten the Saudi royal family’s grip on...
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Written by GMason “Revenues from ‘one million barrels of oil per day’ go entirely to ‘five or six princes.’” – Cable from the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia A secret, 1996 cable — sent from the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and released by Wikileaks — offers a detailed account of the mechanisms of wealth distribution and waste within Saudi Arabia’s royal family....
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