Monthly Archives: May 2019

Saudi Arabia: a Saudi cargo ship stopped again in France at Marseille-Fos harbour

Amnesty International declared on 28 May 2019 that a ship – the Bahri Tabuk – [...]

Bahrain: Second Anniversary of Violent Raid in Duraz

On 23 May 2017, the police violently cracked down on a peaceful sit-in in Duraz, [...]

Oman: Prisoner of conscience Abdullah al-Shahi sentenced to life in Prison

On 22 May 2019, Amnesty international released a report concerning the trial and the sentence [...]

Saudi Arabia: three prominent scholars are about to be executed after Ramadan

According to Middle East Eye three prominent Sunni scholars, Salman al-Odah, Awad al-Qarni and Ali [...]

Saudi Arabia: government’s Absher App used to control women’s travels

In Saudi Arabia, citizens can use a mobile app called Absher to access Interior Ministry [...]

Saudi Arabia: two foreign journalists Marwan al-Muraisi and Abdel Rahman Farhaneh have been detained for months

Saudi Arabia has been detaining two journalists, Marwan al-Muraisi and Abdel Rahman Farhaneh, for months. [...]

Bahrain: Detention of Jasim Ahmed Dharab

Jasim Ahmed Dharab is a 21-year-old Bahraini student. He was part of the informal online [...]

Yemen: EEAS Spokesperson’s statement on the current situation in the war

On 16 May 2019, Maja Kocijančič, Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy at the [...]

Saudi Arabia: Mohammed Abdullah Al-Otaibi ill-treated in prison

Human rights defender Mohammed Abdullah Al-Otaibi, who is serving a 14 years prison sentence, is [...]