Kingdom executes migrant maid - It’s time to curb Saudi excesses

Report after report on our impact on the world challenges us to live more ethical lives.

Individuals tweak behaviour but all too often, governments turn a blind eye to appalling wrongdoing, especially on human rights. Our response is defined by a rogue country’s economic power. The murder of Jamal Khashoggi in a Saudi Arabian consulate provoked outrage but sanctions were not imposed, Saudi funds were not frozen — nor were they in the cases of the estimated 70 other journalists murdered around the world last year.