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HARDtalk: Madawi Al-Rasheed - Saudi Academic and Co-Founder of the National Assembly Party

'Saudi dissidents in exile on alert all the time'

Madawi Al-Rasheed - Saudi Academic and Co-Founder of the National Assembly Party

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Stephen Sackur speaks to Saudi Arabia's exiled opposition activist Madawi Al-Rasheed.

With President Biden administration pausing arms sales to Saudi Arabia, what is next for the regime? Stephen Sackur speaks to exiled opposition activist Madawi Al-Rasheed.

President Biden has reportedly paused arms sales to Saudi Arabia as his administration reviews relations with its long-time strategic ally. But is there any prospect of external or internal pressure challenging the authority of Saudi Arabia's de facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman? Stephen Sackur speaks to exiled opposition activist Madawi Al-Rasheed. What next for Saudi Arabia, reform, repression, or maybe both?

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