Can Saudi Activists Pull Off Facebook-Led Revolution?
Facebook posts call for a Saudi Arabian "day of rage" on March 11, but activists in the wealthy nation haven't had much success rallying protesters so far.
Numerous Facebook posts are calling for a Saudi Arabia to have its own “day of rage” on March 11, invoking protests in other Middle Eastern nations, but activists in the wealthy nation have so far not had much success in rallying participants.
No one showed up for a demonstration recently scheduled in the city of Riyadh, and a protest in the nation’s second-largest metropolis, Jeddah, ended quickly, according to Reuters. The protest organizers called for many things people in Western nations already take for granted:
- government officials to be elected by the people
- an independent judiciary
- the right to assemble
- freedom of expression
- release of political prisoners
- a minimum wage law
- more employment opportunities
- formation of an entity that would eliminate unfair taxes and corrupt practices by government
- rebuilding the armed forces
- reforming the conservative Sunni Muslim clerics
- abolition of restrictions on women
The list of demands seems long enough to...
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