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Leading NGOs boycott Saudi Arabian G20 civil society talks

by Associated Press
| January 13, 2020 12:05 AM

BEIRUT (AP) — Three leading international NGOs announced on Monday they are boycotting meetings that Saudi Arabia is holding with civil society groups ahead of hosting this year's Group of 20 summit, saying participating would lend legitimacy to a kingdom “trying to whitewash its dire human rights record.”

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