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Saudi avoids religious rights sanctions
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| Contributor | Penguin |
| Last Edited | Penguin Jul 19, 2006 08:39pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, July 20, 2006 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The United States has decided that Saudi Arabia will not face sanctions because it has made efforts to improve religious tolerance in the kingdom.
The United States put Saudi Arabia on a watch list in 2004, warning that it could enforce sanctions if the kingdom did not extend religious freedoms.
It is the first time a country blacklisted under a 1998 law targeting nations that violate religious rights has not been punished.
After listing the country in 2004 the US state department avoided immediate action with a waiver and said it was working with the Saudis on issues such as deleting insults about Jews in school textbooks. |
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