Category Archives: 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 [...]

25
Apr
Censorship in Saudi Arabia – online media restrictions

In an era where digital platforms allow for unprecedented access to information, some nations are [...]

23
Apr
WTA and Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia

On April 4 2024, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) finalized an agreement with the Saudi [...]

19
Apr
The nomination of Saudi Arabia for the presidency of the United Nations Women’s Rights Commission

At the end of March 2024, Saudi Arabia was appointed to chair the 69th session [...]

17
Apr
The ban on withholding worker’s passports under the light of the 2020 executive regulations

For decades, migrant workers who moved to Saudi Arabia have faced hardships in seeing their [...]

16
Apr
Silent Slaughter: The Untold Tragedy of Migrants at the Yemen-Saudi Border

Last August, Human Rights Watch revealed that between March 2022, and June 2023 the Saudi [...]

15
Apr
New assault on freedom of expression in Saudi Arabia: 12 football fans imprisoned for peaceful chants

On 27 March 2024 Amnesty International and eight other civil society organizations issued a joint [...]

09
Apr
NGOs at HRC55: War Crimes Against The Populations Of Yemen and Palestine Must Come To An End  

On March 21st, ECDHR and other NGOs delivered an oral intervention at the United Nation [...]

22
Mar
The Kafala System in Saudi Arabia

In the 1950s, several Middle Eastern nations began facilitating a significant influx of foreign laborers [...]

05
Mar
Torture in Saudi Arabia Through the Universal Periodic Review

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is an important mechanism that involves peer assessments of UN [...]

01
Mar