Saudi Arabia: Present treatment of Palestinians in Saudi Arabia
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1991 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SAU8822 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Saudi Arabia: Present treatment of Palestinians in Saudi Arabia, 1 June 1991, SAU8822, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab884c.html [accessed 20 May 2023] |
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Referring to the General Federation of Trade Unions in the [occupied] territories, The Los Angeles Times states that about 56,675 Palestinians were deported from Saudi Arabia and other Arab Persian Gulf countries in a month following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait (11 September 1990).
According to The Washington Post, "hundreds of thousands of Palestinians face expulsion or other retribution from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and smaller emirates" of the Persian Gulf as these countries are "eager" to punish the PLO and "suspect that many Palestinians in Kuwait collaborated with Iraqi occupation forces" (25 February 1991, 2)
A Tehran International Service broadcast monitored by the Foreign Broadcasts International Service (FBIS) states that the Saudi authorities "executed by beheading in public, and without trial," an unspecified number of Palestinians in Riyadh for their alleged possession of arms and explosives on 1 February 1991 (FBIS-NES-91-043 5 March 1991, 18).
A Riyadh Saudi Arabian Television program monitored by FBIS denies the report of the execution of Palestinians broadcast by Tehran International Service (FBIS-NES-91-044 6 March 1991, 22).
Further information on the subject is currently unavailable to the IRBDC.
Bibliography
FBIS-NES-91-043. 5 March 1991. "Palestinians Said Executed for Possessing Arms" in Tehran International Service [Tehran, in Arabic], 4 March 1991.
FBIS-NES-91-044. 6 March 1991. "Source Denies Reports of Palestinian Executions" in Riyadh Arabian Television [Riyadh, in Arabic], 5 March 1991.
The Los Angeles Times. 11 September 1990. "Deported Arabs Told There Are Few Jobs in Occupied Areas." (NEXIS)
The Washington Post. 25 February 1991. "Looking Toward the Postwar Period; West Bank: Palestinians Fear Results of Siding with Saddam." pp. 1-3. (NEXIS)
Attachments
FBIS-NES-91-043. 5 March 1991. "Palestinians Said Executed for Possessing Arms" in Tehran International Service [Tehran, in Arabic], 4 March 1991.
FBIS-NES-91-044. 6 March 1991. "Source Denies Reports of Palestinian Executions" in Riyadh Arabian Television [Riyadh, in Arabic], 5 March 1991.
The Los Angeles Times. 11 September 1990. "Deported Arabs Told There Are Few Jobs in Occupied Areas." (NEXIS)
The Washington Post. 25 February 1991. "Looking Toward the Postwar Period; West Bank: Palestinians Fear Results of Siding with Saddam." pp. 1-3. (NEXIS)
