Oiling the wheels of injustice

AUDI ARABIA IS using its vast oil and gas wealth to fund a global charm offensive that the country hopes will help silence critics of its human rights record.The country has been scrambling to rebuild its reputation since the 2018 murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, a crime the Director of National Intelligence concluded was ordered by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS (tinyurl.com/saudiODNI).Khashoggi's murder is the most striking demonstration of MBS and his family's attempts to crack down on protest, but Saudi Arabia's disregard for human rights runs far deeper.Research carried out by Index reveals that over Oiling the wheels of injusticeSaudi Arabia splashes oil money to hide its human rights record, which is going from bad to worse.FrAnCIS CLArKE and MArK FrArY investigate

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