Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman looks on during a working breakfast meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Republican chairman, Senator Jim Risch, introduced legislation on Wednesday punishing Saudi Arabia over human rights and criticizing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, but not by stopping weapons sales.
The bill is the latest effort in Congress to hold the kingdom accountable for rights abuses, including the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi consulate in Turkey and a humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen, where Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
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