Saudi opens probe over forces filmed beating women

Saudi Arabia launches probe following videos of security forces beating women at orphanage

Saudi Arabia has opened an investigation following videos reportedly showing security forces beating women at an orphanage in the Gulf Kingdom.

MENA

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�� Staff & Agencies

31 August, 2022

Saudi Arabia has a poor human rights record when it comes to arbitrary detention and crack downs on dissent [source: Getty]

said on Wednesday it opened an investigation after videos purportedly showed security forces beating women at an in the kingdom's southwest.

The governor of Saudi Arabia's Asir region formed a committee to the beatings captured in the online video and "refer the case to the competent authorities," the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported. It was not immediately clear what led to the incident or when it took place.

In the footage from an orphanage in the city of Khamis Mushait, security officials hold down women in black abayas while uniformed security forces repeatedly lash them with leather belts and wooden sticks.

If you were wondering how MBS’s state security acts when it arbitrarily arrests people - you have a video here of them assaulting an orphanage. Criminals.
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