Saudi Arabia

Rights groups call on Saudi authorities to release detained journalists, lift arbitrary travel bans, and end legal and digital attacks targeting independent voices.

Recent prisoner releases offer little comfort as authorities continue to target and arbitrarily arrest critics, with many still behind bars for merely exercising their right to free expression.

The sentencing of internet activists signals a deeper crackdown on online dissent and digital freedoms in Qatar.

The woman human rights defender was released along with several people, including social media influencers, imprisoned for their online free expression.

A global law firm’s problematic review of Saudi Arabia’s World Cup bid ignores a dire human rights record.

Concerns were raised at the 57th UN Human Rights Council about repression in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, urging accountability and safeguarding free expression.

Rights groups warn that authorities have weaponized the use of the death penalty as a tool to repress freedom of expression in the country.

Khashoggi’s murder has become emblematic of a global pattern of impunity for crimes against journalists and the alarming rise of transnational repression.

Rights groups raise alarms over the country’s crackdown on free speech ahead of its hosting of the 2024 UN event.

Gulf states silence critics with harsh prison sentences and deportations, using vague laws to crack down on online dissent.

“Saudi courts mete out decades long sentences to ordinary citizens for nothing more than peacefully expressing themselves online.”

As the country prepares to host the UN’s Internet Governance Forum, online voices continue to face severe repercussions.

For years, the Kingdom has arrested women’s rights activists who campaigned to end the male guardianship system.

Repressive media laws in Gulf Cooperation Countries reflect concerning press freedom trends.