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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2537-2005Mar26.html
The Case the Saudis Can't Make
(Washington Post) Faiza Saleh Ambah - Academics Matrouk al-Faleh and Abdullah al-Hamid and poet Ali al-Domeini have been behind bars in Saudi Arabia for a year. Their case, and not the ballot box, has become my barometer for real change in the kingdom. Without the rule of law, this so-called Arabian Spring will prove to be as illusory as a desert mirage. With their insistence on an open trial and legal counsel - rights granted but not exercised in this kingdom - these veteran activists have laid bare the Saudi legal system. Their case now stands as a symbol of how far Saudi Arabia still has to go.