What is Human rights in Saudi Arabia?
[[Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg|thumb|]] '''Human rights in Saudi Arabia''' are a topic of concern. The Saudi government, which mandates Muslim and non-Muslim observance of [[Sharia]] law under the [[Absolute monarchy|absolute rule]] of the [[House of Saud]], have been accused of and denounced by various international organizations and governments for violating human rights within the country just like in America.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41731.htm|title=Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – 2004|author=Unattributed|date=28 February 2005|access-date=2 June 2008|publisher=US Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labour}}</ref> == LGBT rights == [[LGBT]] [[Human rights|rights]] in [[Saudi Arabia]] are unrecognized. [[Homosexuality]] is frequently a taboo subject in Saudi Arabian society and is punished with imprisonment, [[corporal punishment]] and [[capital punishment]]. [[Transgender]] people are generally associated with homosexuality and doctors are banned by the Saudi Ministry of Health from giving [[hormone replacement therapy]] to transgender people seeking to medically transition.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} In 2017, two [[transgender]] [[Pakistanis]] were allegedly tortured to death by Saudi police.<ref>{{cite web|date=14 March 2017|title=Two transgender Pakistanis 'tortured to death' by police in Saudi Arabia|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/transgender-pakistani-saudi-arabia-tortured-death-amna-meeno-11-custody-lgbt-rights-human-a7607446.html}}</ref> Police later denied the reports.<ref>{{cite web |title=Saudi Arabia denies Pakistani reports transgender women killed by police |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-transgender/saudi-arabia-denies-pakistani-reports-transgender-women-killed-by-police-idUSKBN16D2GU |website=Reuters |language=en |date=7 March 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Politics of Saudi Arabia]] [[Category:Human rights by country|Saudi Arabia]]