UK Lawyers: Remove Saudi from UN Human Rights Council

Two British lawyers are calling for Saudi Arabia to be suspended from the UN's Human Rights Council after investigating the arbitrary detention of activists in the Gulf Arab kingdom. The will submit their report to the Council in Geneva, which accuses the Saudi government of targeting human rights activists and political dissidents trying exercise their right to free speech.

Ahmed Benchemsi, a Communications and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Human Rights Watch, talks to Al Jazeera about why HRW called for Saudi Arabia's suspensioN from the UNHRC.