WEST URGED TO PRESS SAUDIS ON DEMOCRACY

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States and its Western allies are beingurged to press Saudi Arabia to institute democratic reforms. A report by Human Rights Watch said the West has ignored Saudiviolations of human and religious rights to ensure a steady supply of oil.The report said decades of disrespect by the kingdom for human rights haveresulted in a decreasing prospect of peaceful political storm.