saudi arabia remains one of the very few countries in the world not to accept the un's universal declaration of human rights. in response to the continuing criticism of its human rights record, the saudi government points to the special islamic character of the country, and asserts that this justifies a different social and political order. the united states commission on international religious freedom had unsuccessfully urged president barack obama to raise human rights concerns with king abdullah on his march 2014 visit to the kingdom especially the imprisonments of sultan hamid marzooq al-enezi, saud falih awad al-enezi, and raif badawi.