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  Why Should We Be Concerned About the China-India Border Conflict Long-standing border tensions risk dangerous escalation as rivalry between these nuclear powers heats up. The conflict between Chinese and Indian troops over the two nations' 2,100-mile-long contentious border, known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC), in December 2022, demonstrates a concerning "one step forward, two steps back" tendency. This brawl was the bloodiest in the Galwan Valley since 2020, when violence killed 20 Indian and at least four Chinese soldiers. Although these skirmishes are frequently followed by talks and other measures to alleviate tensions, both parties have militarised their border policy and show no signs of relenting. And the border situation remains tight, with Beijing and New Delhi reinforcing their postures on either side of the LAC, raising the prospect of an escalation between the two nuclear-armed countries. On June 12, 2009, Indian soldiers are spotted in Tawang Va
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Saudi Arabia stops executions for crimes committed by minors

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Saudi Arabia won't enforce the death penalty on citizens who committed crimes while still minors, says the country's Human Rights Committee.
The statement, citing King Salman's royal decree, comes two days after the country said it 'd ban flying.
The UN Agreement on the Rights of the Child, signed by Riyadh, states that capital punishment should not be used for minors' offenses.

Activists say Saudi Arabia has one of the world's worst records on human rights.
They claim freedom of speech is seriously curtailed, and government opponents are subject to arbitrary arrest.
In 2019, according to Amnesty International, a staggering 184 people were executed in the country. At least one case involved a man convicted of a crime when he was a minor, the rights group said.
Saudi Arabia's record of 2019' reform and repression go hand in hand in Saudi Arabia
Awwad Alawwad, president of the state-backed committee, said a royal decree had replaced executions in situations where crimes were committed by minors with a maximum sentence of 10 years in a juvenile detention centre.
"The argument helps us build a more modern penal code," Mr Alawwad said.

It was unclear when the decision-not immediately published on state media-came into effect.
Following dramatic reforms, following the brutal assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Istanbul Saudi Consulate in 2018, the Kingdom's human rights record remained under constant scrutiny, although many civil rights and women's rights activists remain in jail.
Earlier this week, the most famous Saudi human rights advocate died in jail after a stroke that fellow activists claim was caused by authorities' medical negligence.


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