Davos for Dictators (petition)

Tell Jared Kushner and Trump officials not to attend Saudi Arabia's annual "Future Investment Initiative" conference as Saudi Arabia's dictator and crown prince tries to wash away his brutal human rights violations.

Dear fellow MoveOn member,

I'm Carmella Saia, and I started a petition because Jared Kushner, Rick Perry, Steve Mnuchin, and many other Trump officials are joining corporate leaders at a dictator propaganda event (which many human rights advocates refer to as "Davos for Dictators"). This event is organized by Saudi Arabia which, among other crimes and abuses, murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi and has perpetrated the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, killing thousands. The event begins on October 29, so our immediate action is needed to pressure them to cancel.¹

Jared Kushner, Trump officials, and global CEOs must cancel their plans to attend this dictator propaganda event.

Last year, many business and political leaders skipped Saudi Arabia's annual "Future Investment Initiative" conference after the Saudi dictatorship murdered dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

This year, many business and political leaders are returning to the Future Investment Initiative Conference, a Saudi propaganda event.

Businesses attending include Bloomberg, McKinsey, PwC, Mastercard, BCG, KPMG, Blackstone, JP Morgan, HSBC, GE, BlackRock, Dow, Atari, Bain & Company, Lazard, and Colony Capital.²

These attendees are turning a blind-eye to Khashoggi's murder. They are also ignoring Saudi Arabia's bombing of civilians in Yemen and imprisonment of women's rights activists and other government critics.

Scholar Luciano Zaccara has labeled the conference "a big public relations operation," as Saudi Arabia's dictator and crown prince tries to wash away his brutal human rights violations.³

The commitment to the conference and the monarchy itself by economic and political officials—especially from the Trump administration—displays the immoral lengths politicians and companies will go for monetary gain and how accepting they are of the crown prince's reprehensible actions.

Sign the petition now to let conference attendees know that we do NOT stand with Saudi Arabia's cruel dictatorship and neither should they!

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thank you.

—Carmella Saia

Sources:

1. "Media Companies Skip Saudi Arabia's "Davos in the Desert" (Again)," The Hollywood Reporter, October 22, 2019
https://act.moveon.org/go/111000?t=9&akid=249053%2E10220574%2EGrZWqQ

2. Ibid.

3. "'Davos in the Desert': Once a sign of Saudi Arabia's clout, the spectacle now highlights its isolation," The Washington Post, October 18 2019
https://act.moveon.org/go/110803?t=11&akid=249053%2E10220574%2EGrZWqQ

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