Outrage as Saudi Arabia is chosen to lead UN women's rights group - despite 'abysmal' record on equality in kingdom where wives can be stoned to death for adultery
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Saudi Arabia's envoy to the UN, Abdulaziz Alwasil, was elected as chair of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in a completely unopposed race at the group's annual meeting on Wednesday
Outrage as Saudi Arabia is chosen to lead UN women's rights group - despite 'abysmal' record on equality in kingdom where wives can be stoned to death for adultery