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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to suspend all 'friendly' relations with Saudi Arabia, condemn their regime and break all economic ties. More details
Submitted by Ben Parish – Deadline to sign up by: 01 November 2008 – Signatures: 77
More details from petition creator
The government have rolled out the Red carpet to the Saudi Royal Family yet the government of Saudi Arabia is an autocratic regime with an appalling human rights record. Executions, flogging and amputations are imposed and carried out with disregard for the most basic international fair trial standards. 'Offences' include being gay or being a woman unaccompanied by a man or driving a car. Yet with utter hypocrisy the UK government condemns similar regimes such as Burma and has very minimal ties with countries like Libya. The UK has turned a blind eye to this for its own selfish economic interests to the extent that we will break international law on corruption to avoid upsetting the Saudi Royal Family. As a consequence of this relationship we are perceived as supporters and backers of this repressive regime. We have seen the consequences of these injustices on the security of our country. It is now the opportunity to restore Britain's dignity and end this stain on our country's reputation.
Current signatories
Ben Parish, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Cara Grayling
- k.barson
- Anna Parish
- Matt Bird
- Nat Queen
- 6 workers from Philliphines Murdered legally for holding bible study.Executed on Christmas Day
- C Evans
- Bob Jeffery
- Cindy Schaller
- Alex Terry
- Nicola Cox
- Emma Hardy
- Rob Falconer
- laura brett
- Tracey-Ann Church
- Chris Clayton
- Laura Morley
- Steve Bassett
- Carly Doyle
- peter roberts
- Nick Gardner
- Peter Holland
- Matthew Robertson
- Jonathan Powell
- Aaron M
- Bonnie Kelly
- Alice Knox
- Paul Lugton
- A. Weeks
- Adriano Scarampi
- Anthony Burns
- Shaun Brown
- Alan Burton
- Colin Walls
- Rachel Holmes
- Ryan Evans
- William Goring
- Matt Jones
- Andrew Shaw
- Andrew Flynn
- kevin mcnally
- Leon Andrews
- Philip Edwards
- Matthew Warriner
- Andrew Parford
- paul charles sharp
- Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
- Richard Wilkes
- Alexander Grkinic
- ravi persaud
- Bob MacCallum
- E Sanders
- Alex Winch
- craig haskins
- john jones
- James Brooke
- Carl L Witcombe
- David Winter
- Ian Trattell
- haydn john latham
- Rob Levy
- Francis Brian Quinn
- Narinder Singh
- emma kerry
- Simon Hunter
- Andrew Scalisi
- robert hegarty
- Ibrahim Habib
- Nicholas Thorp
- Kenneth Law
- Sheridan Clarke
- kim matthews
- Jason Bowman
- Sarah Famy
- Gerard Moore
- PETER HOWARD
