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HAMPSTEAD, N.H. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) called for a boycott of Saudi Arabia on Saturday, saying Americansshould shun the kingdom as it did the apartheid regime in South Africa.

Paul's comments came as he intensified his attack against Hillary Rodham Clinton, again calling on herto return gifts given to her family foundation by foreign countries, including Saudi Arabia. Paul singled out the kingdom for its treatment of women, citing the case of a woman who was gang-raped and later lashed for being in a car with a man who was not her husband.

"This is something that we shouldnt tolerate. This is something we should be organizing a boycott of," the senatorsaid.

[Sweden stood up for human rights in Saudi Arabia. This is how Saudi Arabia is punishing Sweden.]

Paulsaid Saudi Arabia should be shunned as South Africa was during apartheid.

"Remember when South Africa was misbehaving? We organized a boycott of South Africa. We should be boycotting Saudi Arabia and not taking money from Saudi Arabias government," Paul said.

Campaigning in New Hampshire, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a likely GOP presidential candidate, said it was unconscionable that Hillary Clinton took donations from foreign governments that exhibit a "horrific" rejection of women's rights. (AP)

At that time international sanctions were levied against the nation, along with a divestment campaign.

While the senator in his statements did not differentiate a government boycott from one by individuals, a spokesperson later said in a statement that Paul was "not calling for a governmental boycott, but rather options for private citizens and investors."

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