{"id":47605,"date":"2025-09-15T11:15:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/major-u-s-comedians-set-to-perform-in-saudi-arabia-urged-not-to-help-cover-up-abuses-of-a-repressive-regime\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T11:15:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:15:31","slug":"major-u-s-comedians-set-to-perform-in-saudi-arabia-urged-not-to-help-cover-up-abuses-of-a-repressive-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/major-u-s-comedians-set-to-perform-in-saudi-arabia-urged-not-to-help-cover-up-abuses-of-a-repressive-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"Major U.S. comedians set to perform in Saudi Arabia urged not to help cover up &#8220;abuses of a repressive regime&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Some of the biggest American names in comedy have signed up to perform at a festival in <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/saudi-arabia\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Saudi Arabia<\/a><\/span>, and they&#8217;re being urged to speak out against the country&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/saudi-arabia-cartoonist-mohammed-al-hazza-prison-mohammed-bin-salman\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">human rights abuses<\/a><\/span> \u2014   and not to be &#8220;complicit in covering up the abuses of a repressive regime,&#8221; by the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch organization.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia will host the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which organizers say will be the &#8220;world&#8217;s largest comedy festival,&#8221; from Sept. 26 to Oct. 9. Some of North America&#8217;s most popular comedians, along with comics from Europe and elsewhere, are featured on the bill, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/losangeles\/tag\/dave-chappelle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Dave Chapelle<\/a>, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/comedian-kevin-hart-on-developing-stand-up-routines-60-minutes-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Kevin Hart<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/bill-burr-new-englanders-who-dont-love-tom-brady-sports-hub-weei\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Bill Burr<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The festival will be the latest in a series of sports and cultural events hosted by Saudi Arabia&#8217;s government that critics say amount to an <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/saudi-arabia-sportswashing-human-rights-accusations-60-minutes-2023-04-09\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">effort to obscure the country&#8217;s reputation<\/a><\/span> for rampant human rights abuses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Saudi government has invested billions into high profile entertainment events like these in a deliberate effort to whitewash the country&#8217;s human rights record and deflect from the egregious abuses that continue to happen inside of the country,&#8221; Human Rights Watch researcher Joey Shea told CBS News. &#8220;These investments are a part of the broader strategy to&#8230; have people thinking about a comedy event, for example, rather than the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/saudi-executions-mostly-drug-crimes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">soaring number of executions<\/a><\/span> that are happening inside of the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>HRW noted specifically the state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\/articles\/unesco-director-general-condemns-execution-journalist-turki-al-jasser-saudi-arabia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">execution of journalist Turki Al-Jasser<\/a>, who was killed in June following seven years of detention after reportedly being identified as the author of several anonymous tweets criticizing the Saudi royal family.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/15\/4bfe62be-4ab6-4976-94c9-21c56502313f\/thumbnail\/620x415\/5ba47b9b0d739d98f0b277a203f6957a\/turki-al-jasser.jpg#\" alt=\"turki-al-jasser.jpg \" height=\"415\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/15\/4bfe62be-4ab6-4976-94c9-21c56502313f\/thumbnail\/620x415\/5ba47b9b0d739d98f0b277a203f6957a\/turki-al-jasser.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/15\/4bfe62be-4ab6-4976-94c9-21c56502313f\/thumbnail\/1240x830\/313416ae4608267531575dcba93605d5\/turki-al-jasser.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A photo graphic created by the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) journalism advocacy organization shows Saudi journalist Turki Al-Jasser, who was executed in June 2025 after seven years of detention and a conviction on terrorism charges that RSF called &#8220;false.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Reporters Without Borders<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Al-Jasser had been convicted of terrorism and high treason on the basis of posts he was accused of authoring, according to UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay. Reporters Without Borders, an organization that works to protect journalists, <a href=\"https:\/\/rsf.org\/en\/reign-terror-saudi-arabia-execution-journalist-turki-al-jasser-demands-international-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">branded the charges<\/a> against him as &#8220;false.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This execution of a journalist went forward to very little international criticism and this is clearly a result of these billions that had been invested in the country&#8217;s whitewashing strategy,&#8221; Shea said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether they believed the comedians would be able to freely tell jokes at the festival, the HRW researcher predicted there would be clear red lines drawn by organizers to prevent any criticism of Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, who has already taken over as ruler of the highly conservative Islamic kingdom, as well as his policies and the broader royal family.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image 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Prince Mohammed bin Salman smiles during a &#8220;coffee ceremony&#8221; with President Trump, not seen, during a visit by the U.S. leader to the Saudi Royal Court, May 13, 2025, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Win McNamee\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shea called on the high-profile entertainers attending the event \u2014 funding for which comes from the Saudi government&#8217;s General Entertainment Authority \u2014   to mitigate the positive effect that their presence might have on the country&#8217;s reputation for human rights abuses, including by &#8220;speaking out about the abuses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tom Dillon, one of the comedians scheduled to perform at the Riyadh festival, claimed on his podcast that he&#8217;s being paid $315,000 for a single show, and that some of his more famous colleagues would receive around $1.6 million for their appearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CBS News has contacted the publicists representing billed attendees Bill Burr, Mark Normand, Kevin Hart, Sebastian Maniscalco, Dave Chapelle, Louis C.K., Whitney Cummings, Tom Segura, Andrew Schulz and Jim Jeffries, but has received no comment from any of them regarding their expected appearances in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/15\/2274337b-596a-4174-8aad-54c5d46850fe\/thumbnail\/620x334\/51ec92fe4df0913d77b8f03734669375\/riyadh-comedy-festival.jpg#\" alt=\"riyadh-comedy-festival.jpg \" height=\"334\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" 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