Human Rights Watch said on Thursday it will not accept donations from comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia. The human rights organization told Variety that it “cannot ...

The Riyadh Comedy Festival has brought together more than 50 top comedic talents from the likes of the UK and US - but their ...

Saudi Arabia’s upcoming Riyadh Comedy Festival is drawing controversy with several U.S. comedians blasting the star-studded event and Human Rights Watch asking participating artists to “request a ...

A string of comedians are under fire for performing at a comedy festival in Saudi Arabia that’s been accused of ‘deflecting attention’ from human rights violations. Over the past two weeks, performers ...

The Riyadh Comedy Festival discourse roped in comedians across the political spectrum, with some comics defending their participation by claiming the U.S. didn’t fare much better when it came to free ...

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American comics used Saudi Arabia’s first global comedy festival to skewer a debate raging at home. Critics said the event was part of Saudi efforts to draw attention away from a political crackdown.

While defending his decision to perform at the controversial, state-sponsored Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia, Aziz Ansari said he planned to donate "part of the fee" to "causes that support ...

The Tanzanian government has intensified political repression, raising grave concerns that the general elections scheduled for October 29, 2025, will be free and fair. The authorities have suppressed ...

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