Hugh Miles at ‘Crisis in Saudi Arabia: War, Succession and the Future’ conference

Address by Hugh Miles at MEMO’s ‘Crisis in Saudi Arabia: War, Succession and the Future’ conference  held in London on November 18, 2017.

Miles is an award-winning journalist and author specialising in the Middle East. In 2015 Miles broke the news that a senior Saudi prince was calling for regime change in Riyadh, a story that gained global traction.In 2016 he exposed the Saudi government’s secret programme to kidnap Saudi defectors and dissidents living in Europe. He produced the BBC documentary “Kidnapped! Saudi Princes”.

The crisis of human rights and the facade of liberalisation 

This panel will explore the human rights abuse in the Kingdom and converse the meaning behind the reforms of the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman. The panel will also discuss the anti-terror laws used to suppress dissidents and all political opposition.