The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) is investigating the dangers posed to the public's health by mobile telephone communications towers in the Kingdom, with one member describing them as “time bombs”. Hussien Al-Shareef, the NSHR Supervisor General in Makkah, has said studies conducted so far show that the towers, which are found in large numbers in most major towns in the Kingdom, do have harmful effects on health. “The NSHR has provided the Saudi Telecommunications Company with all the necessary information on the matter,” Al-Shareef said. “Talal Qesti, an NSHR member, has conducted a comprehensive study and will make public his conclusions at a symposium next Tuesday,” he said. Al-Shareef said the public had a right to sue Saudi Telecom and seek compensation which, he said, “will be the largest compensation in the history of the Kingdom given the danger posed by the towers to the whole of society”. The NSHR has received numerous complaints from the public concerning the danger of the towers, and many people have reported serious illnesses attributed to them. “Even some building owners turn a blind eye to the dangers and hire out the roofs of their buildings for the erection of these ‘time bomb' towers,” Al
