As the first-ever Riyadh Comedy Festival drew to a close last week, a debate raged across entertainment as to whether the free speech warriors who’ve decried cancel culture in their stand-up gigs — ...

Comedian Jimmy Carr has defended his decision to perform at a comedy festival in Riyadh, saying people should "give up" on the idea that the Middle East is the same as Western Europe.

Human Rights Watch said on Thursday it will not accept donations from comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia. The human rights organization told Variety that it “cannot ...

Despite the namecheck from Aziz Ansari on Jimmy Kimmel Live! the other night, Human Rights Watch “cannot accept” donations from comedians who have performance remorse over their participation in the ...

“But while we cannot accept, it is not too late for them to call for the release of detained Saudi activists,” said Joey Shea, Saudi Arabia researcher at Human Rights Watch. She added: “Human Rights ...

Aziz Ansari is the latest comedian to defend to controversial decision to perform at Saudi Arabia’s debut Riyadh Comedy Festival. The Golden Globe winner said his decision to perform at the festival ...

Comedians looking to donate their fee from the Riyadh Comedy Festival, look elsewhere. A spokesperson for Human Rights Watch told Variety it “cannot accept” money from comedians who have “generously ...

Whitney Cummings defended performing in Saudi Arabia at the government-backed Riyadh Comedy Festival this month, saying Monday that critics of the festival are "just racist." "It's just racism," she ...

(CNN) — During a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show, Aziz Ansari defended his decision to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival. He also said he planned on donating part of the fee he ...

While defending his decision to perform at the controversial, state-sponsored Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia, Aziz Ansari said he planned to donate “part of the fee” to “causes that support ...

(CNN) — During a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show, Aziz Ansari defended his decision to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival. (CNN) — During a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel’s ...

Human Rights Watch have said that they are “unable to accept” donations from comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, after Aziz Ansari said he planned to donate part of his fee to ...