Amnesty International (http://www.amnesty.org)
‘Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards.’ The English language homepage provides articles on human rights questions and abuses in countries around the globe.
Army
Forces Command - Saudi Arabia (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/arcent-sa.htm)
Informs incoming soldiers and civilians about the US Army Forces Central Command in Saudi Arabia. It is also an excellent site for information on US forces in Saudi Arabia.
Committee to Protect Journalists (http://www.cpj.org/)
Searching this site results in a list of recent documents from a number of web sites concerning media activities and press freedom in many countries.
Development Gateway Country Overview (http://www.developmentgateway.org/)
“The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals build partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty.” Search by development projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites and documents.
Directory of Development Organizations (http://www.devdir.org/)
“ The Directory is a compilation of contact data of the main sources of assistance available for private sector development (micro, small an medium-sized enterprises) and poverty reduction. A wide range of organizations is included in the Directory: international organizations, government ministries, private sector institutions, development agencies, universities, research and training institutes,
NGOs/PDOs, grantmakers, banks, microfinance institutions, and development consulting firms.” Searchable by keyword.
International Committee of the Red Cross (http://www.icrc.org/eng)
A search of this English language version of the ICRC site provides reports on the current humanitarian initiatives of this organization in any given country.
Middle East Studies Association (MESA) (http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/)
MESA’s website provides news, descriptions of activities, lists of members, dates of conferences and other relevant information concerning this United States-based organizations dedicated to the study of all aspects of the countries, regions and peoples of the Middle East.
Saudi Ministry of Information (http://www.saudinf.com/)
The official site of the Saudi Ministry of Information - contains data on every aspect of society, culture, law, government, the economy, the media and much more.
Saudi Network (http://www.the-saudi.net/)
A small Saudi portal on economic, political, historical aspects of Saudi society.
Saudi Online (http://www.saudia-online.com/)
An important portal site on social, economic and political aspects of Saudi society.
Saudi Yellow Pages (http://www.saudianyellowpages.com/)
This is the site of the business directory of Saudi Arabia where you can find names, addresses, telephone numbers, faxes and some emails for practically any public or private institution, company or organization.
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