October 13, 2003
An Important Victory in the War of Ideas
Saudi Arabia is slowly enacting democratic reform:
Saudi Arabia is slowly enacting democratic reform:
"Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy, announced Monday it would hold its first elections to vote for municipal councils, seen as the first concrete political reform in the Gulf Arab state...In taking this action, Saudi Arabia has joined a growing trend toward experiments in democracy in other Gulf Arab countries. The decision also coincided with the opening of the first human rights conference in Riyadh."
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