A Saudi man has approached the Human Rights Commission (HRC) in Makkah with a complaint against the Saudi consulate in Alexandria, Egypt, accusing it of failing in its duties to “protect him from swindling, threats and physical attack”. Ashraf Al-Aitani, a 60-year-old Saudi, says he bought two apartments from an official employed at an unnamed consulate in Alexandria for SR1 million, but that the seller then “hired an armed gang” to forcibly evict him and his family after he and the seller had an argument over an unrelated issue. Omar Al-Khawli, an HRC legal consultant, said the HRC was trying to verify Al-Aitani's claims through its contacts at home and abroad. “If the claims turn out to be true, we will work with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to assign a lawyer in Alexandria to handle the case,” Al-Khawli said. Riyadh Al-Ka'abi, the Deputy Consul at the Saudi Consulate in Alexandria said, however, that the complaint had been received, but that a local police report stated that the case was a civil case and not criminal, and that the consulate's remit is to “not interfere directly in civil cases”. “In such cases the consular only offers consultation and advice and supervises the attorney representing the citizen,” Al
