Published June 20, 2021 at 2:56 pm
Economics. Ikea is once again accused of hypocrisy after the furniture giant boycotted the conservative news channel GB News, reports the Daily Mail.
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According to the newspaper, a number of angry consumers are wondering how the Swedish company defends its decision to have stores in Saudi Arabia, which executes homosexuals, but at the same time boycotts the British right-wing channel GB News because it is alleged to be contrary to Ikea's “humanistic values” .
Ikea also has stores in several Saudi Arabian cities such as Riyadh, Jeddah and Dhahran. There, homosexuality is illegal and can be punished with death, and women in the country can not be granted a passport to travel from there unless their husband or father gives their permission.
In 2012, Ikea edited a woman from a picture in its Saudi Ikea catalog so as not to upset Arab furniture customers.