Saudi Arabia is now the holder of some bizzare – and boring – Guinness World Records.
The Guinness World Records introduced 10 new awards for the Middle Eastern nation – and it’s possible you wouldn’t be capable of predict any.
The nation now holds the document for having the ‘largest dental hospital’, the “largest covered water reservoir for storing drinking water” and the “largest multi-effect distillation desalination unit,” as reported by the Daily Mail.
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The nation’s newest wins, awarded by GWR, have been criticised by human rights teams – with Saudi Arabia typically being seen as a repressive state.
The Times reported that the nation had shortly upped its variety of data in comparison with half a decade in the past.
Before 2019, the nation was solely given a complete of 54 data and awards. This quantity jumped to 160 after this era with final 12 months, 2023, seeing the nation setting 56 data alone – together with the “largest intellectual property lesson.”
GWR mentioned that of the 223 awards which listing Saudi Arabia as the placement of the try, 88 are customary purposes or researched and 135 had been on account of paid consultations.
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Human rights organisations claimed GWR was serving to the nation conceal its status – which has come below fireplace after the upcoming execution of Abdullah Al-Derazi, who was a baby on the time of his alleged offences.
Zaki Sarraf, a dying penalty investigator for Reprieve, a nonprofit organisation that “fights for victims of extreme human rights abuses,” dubbed the nation a “deeply repressive state.”
He added: “The Guinness World Records should not be helping launder Saudi Arabia’s reputation and whitewash what is happening in the kingdom.”
Mr Sarraf claimed this is just the latest of Saudi Arabia’s attempts to come across in a better light with a string of PR exercises, including the purchase of Newcastle United football club.
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