Category Archives: Countries
Reports Saudi Arabia
Microsoft’s Cloud Expansion in Saudi Arabia: Balancing Innovation with Human Rights Concerns
To improve digital innovation and economic diversification, Saudi Arabia and Microsoft have embarked on a [...]
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Countries Reports United Arab Emirates
The intersection between migrant workers’ abuses and the climate crisis in the United Arab Emirates
Purna, Til and Man Bahadur are the names of three South Asian men who migrated [...]
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Countries Reports Saudi Arabia
Censorship in Saudi Arabia – online media restrictions
In an era where digital platforms allow for unprecedented access to information, some nations are [...]
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Kuwait Reports
Kuwait’s Amnesty Scheme: a ploy to get rid of illegal migrants?
The Kuwaiti government has announced that from March 17 to June 17 illegal migrants, such [...]
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Reports Saudi Arabia
WTA and Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia
On April 4 2024, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) finalized an agreement with the Saudi [...]
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Appointment of UAE Ministry of Interior Official to the Presidency of INTERPOL
19 international human rights organizations sent a letter to the Secretary-General of Interpol, during which [...]
Oct
Oman’s Ongoing Attack on the Freedom of Expression
In January 2011, a set of protests and demonstrations demanding economic, political and social change [...]
Oct
The Struggle for Citizenship and Social Rights: Bidoon in Kuwait
Kuwait is the fifth richest country in the world and is able to provide its [...]
Oct
The United Arab Emirates: Human Rights Violations in the Yemen Conflict
What started as a civil war in Yemen, the Arab world’s poorest country, quickly escalated [...]
Oct
No Way Out: The Crisis of Women’s Rights Defense and Activism in Saudi Arabia
On 13 October 2020, Al Jazeera broke the news that Saudi Arabia is poised to [...]
Oct
39 French Parliamentarians Call on Bahrain not to Execute two Torture Victims
39 French Parliamentarians wrote to the Government of Bahrain on 23 July 2020, calling on [...]
Jul
Bahrain: Halt Executions of 2 Men Unfairly Convicted
Originally posted to the Human Rights Watch website, July 23 2020, 16 Rights Groups Issue [...]
Bahrain: Torture victims at risk of execution in Bahrain following court ruling
13 July 2020 – Bahrain’s highest court, the Court of Cassation, has confirmed the reimposition [...]
Jul
Oman | A State free of expression?
“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to [...]
Jun
Kuwait | The Life of Overseas Migrant Workers
From Kuwait’s total population of 4.6 million people, over 3 million are migrant nationals from [...]
Jun