Saudi Arabia reforms ‘fooling nobody’: Amnesty

Saudi Arabia’s widely-lauded reforms are no more than a public relations blitz aimed at masking Riyadh’s rights record and are “fooling nobody”, Amnesty International said on Thursday.

Saudi Arabia, a key US ally and the world’s largest oil exporter, began to ease its ultraconservative policies following the rise to power of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the 32-year-old heir to the region’s most powerful throne.

“Saudi Arab ..