I'm a bit confused by the fact that they're talking about UAE and then they suddenly switch to talking about non-Amazon related events in Saudi Arabia.
Maybe the author sees crackdowns on LGBT stuff in SA as related to crackdowns on LGBT stuff in UAE, and therefore thought it reasonable to mention them in the same article.
I didn’t notice that until you pointed it out. Either the author erroneously thinks the UAE subsumes SA or they needed to pad their word count and didn’t count on anyone noticing.
