Muhammad Bin Salman has been criticized for the bombing of Yemen , which could lead to war-induced famine in 2018-2019 , and for the crackdown on feminists in Saudi Arabia in 2018-2019 .
Despite praise for his strides towards the social and economic liberalisation of Saudi Arabia , international commentators and human rights groups have been vocally critical of bin Salman 's leadership and the shortfalls of his reform program , citing a rising number of detentions and alleged torture of human rights activists , his bombing of Yemen in which war-induced famine could in 2018/2019 cause 13 million civilians to starve , the escalation of the Qatar diplomatic crisis , the start of the Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute , the start of a diplomatic spat with Canada , the arrest of members of the Saudi royal family in November 2017 , the 2018–2019 Saudi crackdown on feminists , and the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi .
Mohammad bin Salman