Question by : Do you think there could be a revolution in Saudi Arabia?
I’ve been paying really close attention to the Arab Spring ever since it began in Tunisia. I’ve followed practically every development in the Arab World carefully – from the revolution in Egypt to the war in Libya; from the sectarian strife in Bahrain to the crackdown in Syria; from the massive protests in Yemen demanding a true republic to the massive protests in Morocco demanding a true constitutional monarchy. You name it, I’ve been following it. I also know that there’s been some protests in Saudi Arabia, particularly in the eastern part of the country when Saudi troops entered Bahrain to defend the island nation’s Sunni monarchy. There were even isolated incidents in Riyadh several months ago, and now there’s an ongoing campaign demanding that the Kingdom allows women to drive. But nothing has really developed thus far, and the King has gone out of his way to stifle dissent using carrot and stick tactics – offering economic concessions to appease political adversaries, all the while violently repressing protests whenever they occur.
Saudi Arabia is one of the most repressive countries in the world. They are responsible for the same sort of abuses that more notorious countries like Burma or Cuba are guilty of, such as detaining people arbitrarily for indefinite periods of time or killing political dissidents and referring to them as terrorists. There have been executions in the country where the individual wasn’t even aware of their sentence, let alone what crime they committed. This is because there are no public trials in Saudi Arabia. Another concern is gender disparity. If conservative women opt to wear the burqa as an expression of their personal values, then there’s no problem with that – there is, however, a problem with forcing a woman to wear it against her will. It’s one thing to encourage and protect the chastity of women, but another to treat them as inferior human beings. The royal family churns in billions and billions of dollars in revenue, yet they squander it on expensive projects instead of tackling the abject poverty in their country. And then there’s the expats who are made to work in Saudi Arabia. To put it bluntly, they are treated like absolute dirt. They seem to think the Arabian people have no right whatsoever to speak out against them. Plus, the international community is hesitant to support any actions taken against the world’s top oil exporter. The Arabians would have a lot stacked against them were they to rise up and demand their rights.
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Answer by Thedude27
No they will kill all the protestors.
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