Saudi Arabia - IFEX http://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/ Saudi Arabia en Wed, 03 Apr 2019 18:19:22 -0700 Wed, 03 Apr 2019 18:19:22 -0700 100 <![CDATA[Ill-treatment of Saudi human rights defender Mohammed Al-Qahtani continues in prison]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2019/03/25/al-qahtani-mistreatment/ Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:58:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2019/03/25/al-qahtani-mistreatment/ <![CDATA[Saudi Arabia jails another journalist, tries women who criticized driving ban]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2019/03/13/journalist-jailed-driving-ban/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:35:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2019/03/13/journalist-jailed-driving-ban/ <![CDATA[Saudi women human rights defenders to be tried on 13 March]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2019/03/12/women-rights-defenders-trial/ Tue, 12 Mar 2019 11:36:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2019/03/12/women-rights-defenders-trial/ <![CDATA[Over 50 human rights groups call for immediate release of Saudi rights defenders]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2019/03/09/rights-defenders-detention/ Sat, 09 Mar 2019 13:50:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2019/03/09/rights-defenders-detention/ <![CDATA[How Saudi leaders are using religion to consolidate power and silence critical voices]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2019/02/25/religion-silence-criticism/ Mon, 25 Feb 2019 09:58:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2019/02/25/religion-silence-criticism/ <![CDATA[How should companies like Netflix respond when repressive governments order the removal of critical content?]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2019/01/05/netflix-patriot-act/ Sat, 05 Jan 2019 04:29:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2019/01/05/netflix-patriot-act/ <![CDATA[Prominent rights defender Dr. Mohammad Al-Qahtani placed in solitary confinement]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/12/23/solitary-confinement-qahtani/ Sun, 23 Dec 2018 16:21:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/12/23/solitary-confinement-qahtani/ <![CDATA[Report: Detained women activists in Saudi Arabia tortured]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/11/30/women-torture-reports/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 11:05:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/11/30/women-torture-reports/ <![CDATA[Reformist talk, repressive action: Stop the assault on Saudi women activists, online and off]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/11/26/attacks-women-activists/ Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:29:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/11/26/attacks-women-activists/ <![CDATA[Hackers posing as journalists target dissident Saudi reporter Ali Al-Ahmed]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/11/10/hackers-target-reporter/ Sat, 10 Nov 2018 10:46:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/11/10/hackers-target-reporter/ <![CDATA[Hearing of woman rights defender Israa Al-Ghomgham, who faces execution, postponed]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/10/31/hearing-postponed/ Wed, 31 Oct 2018 06:18:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/10/31/hearing-postponed/ <![CDATA[AFEX calls on UN to take action against Saudi Arabia for brutal murder of Khashoggi]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/10/30/un-kashoggi/ Tue, 30 Oct 2018 18:30:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/10/30/un-kashoggi/ <![CDATA[RSF unveils portraits of journalists arbitrarily detained in Saudi Arabia]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/10/28/journalists-arbitrarily-detained/ Sun, 28 Oct 2018 11:28:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/10/28/journalists-arbitrarily-detained/ <![CDATA[Arrested in Saudi Arabia, and then disappeared: Yemeni writer Marwan Almuraisy]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/10/26/yemeni-writer-almuraisy/ Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:20:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/10/26/yemeni-writer-almuraisy/ <![CDATA[The path(s) to justice in Jamal Khashoggi's murder]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/10/25/jamal-khashoggi-murder/ Thu, 25 Oct 2018 03:34:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/10/25/jamal-khashoggi-murder/ <![CDATA[Turkey urged to seek UN inquiry on Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/10/20/un-inquiry-khashoggi/ Sat, 20 Oct 2018 13:25:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/10/20/un-inquiry-khashoggi/ <![CDATA[Saudi attorney general says Jamal Khashoggi was killed during fight in consulate]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/10/20/khashoggi-killed-saudi-consulate/ Sat, 20 Oct 2018 04:30:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/10/20/khashoggi-killed-saudi-consulate/ <![CDATA[Jamal Khashoggi is not the first Saudi journalist to disappear]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/10/11/khashoggi-disappearance/ Thu, 11 Oct 2018 06:19:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/10/11/khashoggi-disappearance/ <![CDATA[Dissident Saudi journalist not seen since entering Istanbul consulate]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/10/04/istanbul-jamal-khashoggi/ Thu, 04 Oct 2018 06:19:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/10/04/istanbul-jamal-khashoggi/ <![CDATA['New' Saudi Arabia ushers in even more repressive climate for journalists]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/09/27/repressive-climate-journalists/ Thu, 27 Sep 2018 08:20:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/09/27/repressive-climate-journalists/ <![CDATA[Saudi airstrike hits Yemeni radio station]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/09/20/radio-station-airstrike/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 16:31:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/09/20/radio-station-airstrike/ <![CDATA[Saudi Arabia must implement UPR recommendations protecting free expression]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/09/10/saudi-arabia-upr/ Mon, 10 Sep 2018 07:00:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/09/10/saudi-arabia-upr/ <![CDATA[Saudi security forces arrest two more women human rights defenders]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/08/02/two_female_human_rights_defenders_arrested/ Thu, 02 Aug 2018 11:04:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/08/02/two_female_human_rights_defenders_arrested/ <![CDATA[Women's rights defender Hatoon Al-Fassi arrested the week after driving ban lifted]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/06/30/writer-alfassi-arrested/ Sat, 30 Jun 2018 14:09:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/06/30/writer-alfassi-arrested/ <![CDATA[Crackdown on Saudi women human rights defenders sets off alarms]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/06/07/women-rights-defenders/ Thu, 07 Jun 2018 08:11:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/06/07/women-rights-defenders/ <![CDATA[Saudi Arabia arrests 10 activists for their work promoting women's rights]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/05/24/women-activists-arrested/ adhrb.org on 24 May 2018. ]]> Thu, 24 May 2018 09:20:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/05/24/women-activists-arrested/ <![CDATA[Saudi Arabia sees dramatic increase in detention without trial]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/05/07/detention-without-trial/ Mon, 07 May 2018 05:49:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/05/07/detention-without-trial/ <![CDATA[Saudi Arabia: UN Human Rights Council member blatantly violates human rights on a daily basis]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/03/02/human-rights-violations/ Fri, 02 Mar 2018 14:11:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/03/02/human-rights-violations/ <![CDATA[At least 15 journalists held arbitrarily in Saudi crackdown]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/02/10/crackdown-journalists-detained/ Sat, 10 Feb 2018 13:05:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2018/02/10/crackdown-journalists-detained/ <![CDATA[Saudi activist Naima Al-Matrood sentenced to six years in prison]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2017/11/19/activist-almatrood-sentenced/ Sun, 19 Nov 2017 14:06:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2017/11/19/activist-almatrood-sentenced/ <![CDATA[Saudi human rights defenders brought to trial for protesting violations]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2017/09/14/rights-defenders-trial/ Thu, 14 Sep 2017 17:17:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2017/09/14/rights-defenders-trial/ <![CDATA[Saudi Arabia: 14 protesters facing execution after unfair trials]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2017/06/08/protesters-facing-execution/ hrw.org on 6 June 2017. ]]> Wed, 07 Jun 2017 21:20:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2017/06/08/protesters-facing-execution/ <![CDATA[Saudi Arabia's counterterrorism apparatus targets rights activists]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2017/05/29/counter-terrorism-apparatus/ Mon, 29 May 2017 11:55:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2017/05/29/counter-terrorism-apparatus/ <![CDATA[Saudi Arabia goes above and beyond]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2017/05/18/prisoners-of-conscience/ Thu, 18 May 2017 05:30:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2017/05/18/prisoners-of-conscience/ <![CDATA[Saudi Arabian writer Nadhir Al-Majid sentenced to seven years in prison]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2017/01/27/writer_sentenced_jail/ Fri, 27 Jan 2017 06:41:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2017/01/27/writer_sentenced_jail/ <![CDATA[Vision 2030 myopic on civil society]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2017/01/23/vision_missing_progress_on_civil_society/ Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:52:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2017/01/23/vision_missing_progress_on_civil_society/ <![CDATA[Saudi human rights defenders under fire]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2017/01/11/two_arrested_one_sentenced/ Wed, 11 Jan 2017 11:30:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2017/01/11/two_arrested_one_sentenced/ <![CDATA[Saudi Arabia: Sentence over, activist still held]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2016/11/10/saudi_20arabia_3a_20sentence/ Thu, 10 Nov 2016 09:05:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2016/11/10/saudi_20arabia_3a_20sentence/ <![CDATA[Saudi Arabia clamps down on outspoken Shia opposition clerics ]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2016/10/11/shia_clerics_targeted/ Tue, 11 Oct 2016 09:26:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2016/10/11/shia_clerics_targeted/ <![CDATA[Join PEN in marking the fourth anniversary of Raif Badawi's arrest]]> https://www.ifex.orghttps://www.englishpen.org/campaigns/join-pen-in-marking-the-fourth-anniversary-of-raif-badawis-arrest/ Fri, 10 Jun 2016 12:30:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.orghttps://www.englishpen.org/campaigns/join-pen-in-marking-the-fourth-anniversary-of-raif-badawis-arrest/ <![CDATA[Saudi rights defender Abdulaziz Al-Shubaili sentenced to 8 years in prison]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2016/06/09/sentenced_to_eight_years_in_prison/ Thu, 09 Jun 2016 10:19:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2016/06/09/sentenced_to_eight_years_in_prison/ <![CDATA[Civil society to Obama: Live up to your 2011 promises, support reform in the Gulf]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2016/04/11/obama_in_gcc/ Mon, 11 Apr 2016 07:40:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2016/04/11/obama_in_gcc/ <![CDATA[Death sentence repealed, but Palestinian poet still faces flogging, jail ]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2016/02/03/palestinian_poet_death_sentence_quashed/ Wed, 03 Feb 2016 08:31:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2016/02/03/palestinian_poet_death_sentence_quashed/ <![CDATA[On the fate of eleven members of targeted Saudi civil rights group ]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2016/01/29/saudi_arabia_acpra/ Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:06:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2016/01/29/saudi_arabia_acpra/ <![CDATA[Mounting dangers for journalists in Yemen]]> https://www.ifex.org/yemen/2016/01/25/journalists_abducted_killed/ Mon, 25 Jan 2016 12:50:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/yemen/2016/01/25/journalists_abducted_killed/ <![CDATA[King Salman's first year of rule marked by sustained assault on free expression]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2016/01/11/sustained_assault_on_free_expression/ Mon, 11 Jan 2016 09:15:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2016/01/11/sustained_assault_on_free_expression/ <![CDATA[Saudi Arabia approves 'long overdue' NGO law]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2015/12/07/approves_ngo_law/ Mon, 07 Dec 2015 08:52:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2015/12/07/approves_ngo_law/ <![CDATA[Shock, outrage as Saudi Arabia sentences Palestinian poet to death]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2015/11/20/sentenced_to_death/ Fri, 20 Nov 2015 12:26:00 -0800 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2015/11/20/sentenced_to_death/ <![CDATA[Saudi human rights advocate Abdulkarim Al-Khodr sentenced to 10 years in prison]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2015/10/22/sentenced_to_10_years/ Thu, 22 Oct 2015 08:47:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2015/10/22/sentenced_to_10_years/ <![CDATA[Saudi journalist and blogger held without charge for past 16 months]]> https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2015/09/11/held_without_charge_16months/ Fri, 11 Sep 2015 05:15:00 -0700 https://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2015/09/11/held_without_charge_16months/