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Saudi Arabia’s upcoming Riyadh Comedy Festival is drawing controversy with several U.S. comedians blasting the star-studded event and Human Rights Watch asking participating artists to “request a meeting about Saudi Arabia’s human rights crisis,” the org. said in a statement. “The seventh anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s brutal murder is no laughing matter, and comedians receiving hefty sums from Saudi authorities …

As Saudi Arabia’s star-studded debut comedy festival prepares to kick off this weekend, Marc Maron is one of several comedians to call out the event. The WTF podcast host recently put his comedian peers on blast for participating in the Riyadh Comedy Festival as he joked about Saudi officials’ roles in 9/11 and the 2018 assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. …