In 2014, the conservative kingdom, issued drastic laws which, according to Human Rights Watch, criminalises "virtually all dissident thought or expression as terrorism." 
Mwaka 2014, ufalme wa nchi hiyo, uliidhinisha sheria ambazo, kwa mujibu wa shirika la Human Rights Watch, zinatafsiri "kitendo chochote cha kutoa maoni yoyote huru kuwa ni ugaidi" na kutoa adhabu kali.