Category Archives: Saudi Arabia
Bahrain Reports
Brutal Crackdown: Voices Silenced – Pro-Palestine Demonstrators, Including Innocent Children, Face Harrowing Suppression in Bahrain Since October 2023
On the 15th of December 2023, the Bahraini police arrested 57 people, including 25 children, [...]
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Reports Saudi Arabia
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 [...]
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Countries Saudi Arabia
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 [...]
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Reports Saudi Arabia Yemen
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 [...]
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Reports Saudi Arabia
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 [...]
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Qatar: Saudi Arabia Releases Qatari National After Over a Year of Arbitrary Detention
Qatari national Mohsen Saleh Saadoun al-Karbi was released from prison in Saudi Arabia after spending [...]
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Saudi Arabia: UK Companies Sell $810m in Arms Despite Court of Appeals Ruling
Following the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the United Kingdom (UK) has continued to [...]
Jul
Saudi Arabia: New Government Figures Show 1028 Foreigners Detained on Terrorism Charges
During the week of 18 July 2019, regional news sources reported that as many as [...]
Jul
Saudi Arabia: Women rights defenders face new verdict
On Thursday 28 June 2019, some Saudi women activists attended a new trial session, as [...]
Jun
Human Rights Council: Un Special Rapporteur Agnès Callamard Reiterated That Saudi Arabia is Responsible for the Killing of Jamal Khashoggi
On Wednesday 26 June 2019, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions atthe OHCHR [...]
Jun
Saudi Arabia: The United Kingdom Has Suspended New Arms Sales to the Saudi-led Coalition Fighting in the Yemen War
On Tuesday 25 June 2019, the Department for International Trade of the British government has [...]
Jun
Human Rights Council: Michelle Bachelet Delivers Opening Statements for the 41st Session
On 24 June 2019, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has [...]
Jun
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
26 June is the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture since the UN [...]
Jun
Saudi Arabia: 40 Rights Groups have released a Joint Statement concerning the dramatic situation in Saudi Arabia
Today, Amnesty International has released a public joint statement, signed by the European Centre for [...]
Jun
Yemen: UK Court of Appeal has stated that the export of military equipment to Saudi Arabia is unlawful
UPDATE : On 5 July 2019, Corbyn and the Westminster leaders of four other parties [...]
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