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Saudi “Human Rights Commission” Defends Extremist Oppression of Women

(Saudi Arabia) Saudi “Human Rights Commission (HRC)” criticizes report on women and Hai’a work
— Saudi HRC defends “work of “Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Hai’a)”
— “Zaid Aal Hussein, Deputy Chairman of the HRC, said the report by Yakin Erturk, the Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, following a recent visit to the Kingdom was incorrect in its description of the Hai’a as being a ‘source of fear to women.'”
— referencing report described by Arab News as “US rapporteur sees rights situation improving”