Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Comedy Festival Whitewashes Abuses

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Top row, left to right: Sam Morril. © 2017 friedoxygen/Wikimedia; Tom Segura. © 2023 Zach Catanzareti/Wikimedia; Aziz Ansari. © 2025 Gabriel Hutchinson/Wikimedia; Jimmy Carr. © 2024 Neal Brennan/Wikimedia; Pete Davidson. © 2025 LaVar James/Wikimedia.Bottom row, left to right: Mark Normand. © 2023 Neal Brennan/Wikimedia; Dave Chappelle. © 2025 Kolby Ari/Wikimedia; Hannibal Buress. © 2019 Bacromisee/Wikimedia; Bill Burr. © 2018 Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia; Maz Jobrani. © 2017 VOA/Wikimedia. © Human Rights Watch 2025 (Beirut) – The Saudi government is using…

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