Saudi Arabia represents an important trade partner for Switzerland. But the desert state plays a major role in the conflict in Syria, and regularly makes headlines, due to issues related to human rights violations.
The same question arises: Are the Parties shall commercially dealing with the Kingdom of itself in the position of partner for these violations? Or that this trade can fit into the context of the "support" of the Arab Spring?
In March last year, I wrote a newspaper "Neue Tsorgr Zeitung" published in Zurich in German: "the rule of the activists prominent in the field of human rights in Saudi Arabia to long prison terms, amounted to ten years, with prevented them from traveling. Due real reason to impose This severe punishment, to request them to undertake reforms and intervening to defend political prisoners. "
The official charge was addressed to activists, are they set up unauthorized Organization for Human Rights, with the aim to offend the order and security, national unity and fragmentation of loyalty to the governor and questioning the integrity of officials.
A newspaper "Minot thou" (20 minutes) is free in the past month of February: "rape of Muslim cleric old daughter five years and beaten to death." In spite of his confession to the crime, but it is still a large man in Saudi Arabia.
According to a communiqué issued by the Ministry of Interior in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, news agencies reported in January 2013 that "executed a young servant from Sri Lanka to cut off her head in Saudi Arabia, after being convicted murder of مخدوميها child." She described the "Human Rights Watch" (Human Rights Committee) the execution as "serious disregard for international humanitarian commitments and basic."
Amnesty International reported in other incidents "detention without charge or trial," "imprisonment of peaceful political dissent," "suppression of religious freedom and freedom of expression." In the meantime, occupies the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the list of the freedom of the press, recently published by the organization "Reporters without Borders", is ranked 161 out of 173 countries.
The opinion of the Saudi ambassador in Bern
In response to an incident execution of the aforementioned Sri Lankan maid and leading the non-governmental organizations for human rights violations, wrote Hazem Mohammed Krkila, Saudi Arabia's ambassador in Switzerland, told swissinfo.ch:
"The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the purposes and objectives of the noble calling to" preserve human rights and dignity, and comes in accordance with Islamic principles and values, ".. The freedom of opinion and expression is guaranteed" for each person residing and living on the territory of the Kingdom not to where the infringement of the persons or constants or beliefs ".. as that freedom of religion and belief and religious practice for non-Muslims living on the territory of the Kingdom of guaranteed system in their role and their own homes."
As for what is going on it the International Labour is "no link between the issue of human rights and trade negotiations in various frameworks between any of the countries where that address human rights place the Human Rights Council and other international bodies concerned with this matter."
And on the execution by beheading in a Sri Lankan maid after being convicted of killing child مخدوميها, (see left column), wrote Krkila that some parties had made false statements, without verifying the truth. It was not accused of a minor (as reported by some media that she was seventeen years old), but she was the twenty-first (21), according to her passport. According to the Saudi ambassador "validation of the crime with the accused retaining the right to hire a defense official in the presence of Sri Lankan Ambassador." After the verdict, the Saudi government has made great efforts to convince the parents of the child victim to pardon the killer in retribution and accept blood money (atonement through financial compensation), but "to no avail."
"For the Syrian crisis, characterized by the position of Saudi Arabia," clarity and honesty. "According to the Post Ambassador Krkila" deplores the Kingdom of acts of repression and attacks against the Syrian people by the machine system hostilities, acts bloody suffered by the people of Syria and its citizens innocent.. .
It should be noted here that the Kingdom donated one hundred million dollars in aid through the Syrian National Coalition (which has already been recognized by Riyadh as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people) and this does not include the donation of course aid popular continuous Arabia.
Other economic interests and strategy
However, continue to frequent visits of many representatives of governments and the business sector to the Kingdom of years ago, including many from the Swiss.
The political scientist Roger has worked since 2005 and until 2011 as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Business and Human Rights on the "corporate responsibilities of transnational" and gave as these "guidelines of the United Nations on business and human rights", which received support from before the Human Rights Council. This has contributed his work in identifying and defining the distribution of roles between the government and the business sector more clearly.
According to the Economic Representative: "Do not open up the country economically through trade and investment, but also on several levels." And can be created new local prospects, through the exchange of values and ideas, and this is also why the dictatorship such as North Korea, isolating itself economically.
Commenting on the cases of human rights violations mentioned above, indicates a member of the governing body of the Association of Swiss companies, among other things, to a report by the magazine "Der Spiegel" German on the Internet, which stated that the Royal Saudi has to "give women more rights in small steps slow - against the opposition of the majority of the province. " The outgoing German news magazine as well, the first to launch a campaign against domestic violence in the country under the management of enterprise ownership.
It also argues Otislander that Saudi Arabia plays a strategic role in the Middle East, too, and says: "embarked on the country a few years ago a number of reforms - albeit attempts cautious and shy. Also committed Kingdom to find a solution to the conflict in Syria and the provision of humanitarian assistance is huge. They factor stability within the geopolitical powder keg. "
Saudi Arabia .. An important trading partner for Switzerland
Growth rates were not Swiss exports to any country in 2012 than it was to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Although export volume amounted to 1.6 billion francs, the desert kingdom has become the second most important export market in the Middle East Swiss.
In 2011, Switzerland ranked second ten (12) global import partner of the Kingdom. In addition to pharmaceutical products, machinery and machinery, the Swiss economy was issued watches and agricultural products, as well as jewelry, gems and precious metals in the first place.
Since several decades, and the trade surplus is too high. The size of Swiss imports from the Kingdom in recent years, less than 25% exports. The gems and minerals, the most important import goods.
On the other hand, Switzerland belongs to the most important fifteen (15) State of investing directly in the Gulf state.
(Source: Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs)
The same question arises: Are the Parties shall commercially dealing with the Kingdom of itself in the position of partner for these violations? Or that this trade can fit into the context of the "support" of the Arab Spring?
In March last year, I wrote a newspaper "Neue Tsorgr Zeitung" published in Zurich in German: "the rule of the activists prominent in the field of human rights in Saudi Arabia to long prison terms, amounted to ten years, with prevented them from traveling. Due real reason to impose This severe punishment, to request them to undertake reforms and intervening to defend political prisoners. "
The official charge was addressed to activists, are they set up unauthorized Organization for Human Rights, with the aim to offend the order and security, national unity and fragmentation of loyalty to the governor and questioning the integrity of officials.
A newspaper "Minot thou" (20 minutes) is free in the past month of February: "rape of Muslim cleric old daughter five years and beaten to death." In spite of his confession to the crime, but it is still a large man in Saudi Arabia.
According to a communiqué issued by the Ministry of Interior in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, news agencies reported in January 2013 that "executed a young servant from Sri Lanka to cut off her head in Saudi Arabia, after being convicted murder of مخدوميها child." She described the "Human Rights Watch" (Human Rights Committee) the execution as "serious disregard for international humanitarian commitments and basic."
Amnesty International reported in other incidents "detention without charge or trial," "imprisonment of peaceful political dissent," "suppression of religious freedom and freedom of expression." In the meantime, occupies the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the list of the freedom of the press, recently published by the organization "Reporters without Borders", is ranked 161 out of 173 countries.
The opinion of the Saudi ambassador in Bern
In response to an incident execution of the aforementioned Sri Lankan maid and leading the non-governmental organizations for human rights violations, wrote Hazem Mohammed Krkila, Saudi Arabia's ambassador in Switzerland, told swissinfo.ch:
"The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the purposes and objectives of the noble calling to" preserve human rights and dignity, and comes in accordance with Islamic principles and values, ".. The freedom of opinion and expression is guaranteed" for each person residing and living on the territory of the Kingdom not to where the infringement of the persons or constants or beliefs ".. as that freedom of religion and belief and religious practice for non-Muslims living on the territory of the Kingdom of guaranteed system in their role and their own homes."
As for what is going on it the International Labour is "no link between the issue of human rights and trade negotiations in various frameworks between any of the countries where that address human rights place the Human Rights Council and other international bodies concerned with this matter."
And on the execution by beheading in a Sri Lankan maid after being convicted of killing child مخدوميها, (see left column), wrote Krkila that some parties had made false statements, without verifying the truth. It was not accused of a minor (as reported by some media that she was seventeen years old), but she was the twenty-first (21), according to her passport. According to the Saudi ambassador "validation of the crime with the accused retaining the right to hire a defense official in the presence of Sri Lankan Ambassador." After the verdict, the Saudi government has made great efforts to convince the parents of the child victim to pardon the killer in retribution and accept blood money (atonement through financial compensation), but "to no avail."
"For the Syrian crisis, characterized by the position of Saudi Arabia," clarity and honesty. "According to the Post Ambassador Krkila" deplores the Kingdom of acts of repression and attacks against the Syrian people by the machine system hostilities, acts bloody suffered by the people of Syria and its citizens innocent.. .
It should be noted here that the Kingdom donated one hundred million dollars in aid through the Syrian National Coalition (which has already been recognized by Riyadh as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people) and this does not include the donation of course aid popular continuous Arabia.
Other economic interests and strategy
However, continue to frequent visits of many representatives of governments and the business sector to the Kingdom of years ago, including many from the Swiss.
The political scientist Roger has worked since 2005 and until 2011 as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Business and Human Rights on the "corporate responsibilities of transnational" and gave as these "guidelines of the United Nations on business and human rights", which received support from before the Human Rights Council. This has contributed his work in identifying and defining the distribution of roles between the government and the business sector more clearly.
According to the Economic Representative: "Do not open up the country economically through trade and investment, but also on several levels." And can be created new local prospects, through the exchange of values and ideas, and this is also why the dictatorship such as North Korea, isolating itself economically.
Commenting on the cases of human rights violations mentioned above, indicates a member of the governing body of the Association of Swiss companies, among other things, to a report by the magazine "Der Spiegel" German on the Internet, which stated that the Royal Saudi has to "give women more rights in small steps slow - against the opposition of the majority of the province. " The outgoing German news magazine as well, the first to launch a campaign against domestic violence in the country under the management of enterprise ownership.
It also argues Otislander that Saudi Arabia plays a strategic role in the Middle East, too, and says: "embarked on the country a few years ago a number of reforms - albeit attempts cautious and shy. Also committed Kingdom to find a solution to the conflict in Syria and the provision of humanitarian assistance is huge. They factor stability within the geopolitical powder keg. "
Saudi Arabia .. An important trading partner for Switzerland
Growth rates were not Swiss exports to any country in 2012 than it was to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Although export volume amounted to 1.6 billion francs, the desert kingdom has become the second most important export market in the Middle East Swiss.
In 2011, Switzerland ranked second ten (12) global import partner of the Kingdom. In addition to pharmaceutical products, machinery and machinery, the Swiss economy was issued watches and agricultural products, as well as jewelry, gems and precious metals in the first place.
Since several decades, and the trade surplus is too high. The size of Swiss imports from the Kingdom in recent years, less than 25% exports. The gems and minerals, the most important import goods.
On the other hand, Switzerland belongs to the most important fifteen (15) State of investing directly in the Gulf state.
(Source: Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs)
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