Saudi Arabia

Loujain Al-Hathloul, Aziza Al-Yousef and Eman Al-Nafjan will appear before the Specialised Criminal Court.

Not only are these women activists facing prosecution without due process, they’ve also subjected them to severe torture, including by sexual violence and electrocution.

Religious clerics are enlisted to treat those who denounce rights violations or call for reform as “enemies of Islam”.

Netflix’s decision to comply with a censorship request from Saudi Arabia has renewed an ongoing debate about how international companies should respond to politically motivated censorship demands when operating in repressive countries.

GCHR is concerned for the health of Dr. Al-Qahtani in solitary confinement. He is serving a 10-year sentence for his peaceful human rights activities.

“While the world is seeking answers to the savage murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the fate of women and human rights activists in Saudi prisons continues to hang in the balance.”

Israa Al-Ghomgham stands to become the first woman in Saudi Arabia to face capital punishment for human rights activism – one ‘first’ that has received scant media attention.

This kind of attack, mixing phishing and the theft of journalists’ identities, undermines trust in the media and at the same time endangers the sources of those who are targeted.

Al-Ghomgham remains in the General Intelligence Prison in Al-Dammam where she has been for the past three years.

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) believes that Saudi Arabia should be ostracised for the barbaric murder of renowned Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul,Turkey.

At least 28 journalists are currently in prison in Saudi Arabia, the victims of an opaque and arbitrary judicial system.

More than four months after he was arrested in Saudi Arabia, the whereabouts of Yemeni writer Marwan Almuraisy remain unknown.

“There is no single path to justice in the Jamal Khashoggi murder. Precisely because of Saudi influence, there needs to be multiple efforts on different fronts.”

The investigation should determine the circumstances surrounding Saudi Arabia’s role in the enforced disappearance and possible killing of Khashoggi, urge the Committee to Protect Journalists, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and Reporters Without Borders.

“This ridiculous assertion is further evidence of a cover up,” said CPJ. “We need an international investigation and relentless pressure on Saudi Arabia from the Trump administration, if we ever hope to get to the truth.”

Khashoggi’s disappearance has come amid a particularly harsh and opaque crackdown on Saudi journalists and bloggers.