The Riyadh Comedy Festival’s critics say that high-profile American comics are lending legitimacy to a government that represses dissent, jails activists and restricts free speech.

Washington Post condemned comedians like Dave Chappelle and Bill Burr for accepting money to perform at Saudi Arabia's comedy ...

American comics used Saudi Arabia’s first global comedy festival to skewer a debate raging at home. Critics said the event was part of Saudi efforts to draw attention away from a political crackdown.

American stand-up comedian Tim Dillon says he's been dropped from the Riyadh Comedy Festival bill after jokes about the ...

Donald Trump poses a threat to comedy, the American actor Ben Stiller has suggested. Stiller – the star of Meet the Parents, ...