However, they can’t always work for free.

It is strange that a country swimming in so much oil money cannot provide pro-bono legal aid to its poorer citizens.

No where in the world can lawyers afford to work for free (and, to be honest, most would not). But, many countries have put together systems where indigents are not deprived of their legal rights because of their inability to pay for expensive legal assistance.

Perhaps KSA should spend less time money trying to emulate the super-malls of the West and more time and money trying to emulate their social and legal safety nets.

And requiring a woman to pay off an abusive husband for a divorce sounds like sound social policy supporting the rights of women.

However, they can’t always work for free.

About the Governmental Saudi Human Rights Society…Although I like Turkey Al Sudairi and respect him, met him etc. He needs to get off his butt a little more and I hope he reads what I am saying.