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Saudi human rights defenders brought to trial for protesting violations

14 September 2017
Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

In August, human rights defenders Issa Al-Nukhaifi and Essam Koshak were brought to court over their human rights activities, where they learned of charges against them.

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law

Saudi Arabia: 14 protesters facing execution after unfair trials

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 6 June 2017.

‎ Human Rights Watch‎ 7 June 2017

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law

Saudi Arabia's counterterrorism apparatus targets rights activists

A UN official who recently visited Saudi Arabia has criticised the country's use of its terrorism tribunal and counterterrorism law to unjustly prosecute human rights defenders, writers, and peaceful critics.

‎ Human Rights Watch‎29 May 2017

Saudi Arabia Attacks

Saudi Arabia goes above and beyond

Jailing human rights activists for years or decades is nothing new for Saudi Arabia. But the Gulf nation is outdoing itself lately, as it lets dissenters stay in jail well beyond their original sentences.

‎ Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain‎18 May 2017

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Saudi Arabian writer Nadhir Al-Majid sentenced to seven years in prison

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights

Saudi Arabia 27 January 2017
Vision 2030 myopic on civil society

‎ Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain

Saudi Arabia 23 January 2017
Saudi human rights defenders under fire

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights

Saudi Arabia 11 January 2017
Saudi Arabia: Sentence over, activist still held

‎ Human Rights Watch

Saudi Arabia Freedom of Assembly Free Expression & the Law 10 November 2016
Saudi Arabia clamps down on outspoken Shia opposition clerics

‎ Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law 11 October 2016
Join PEN in marking the fourth anniversary of Raif Badawi's arrest

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Saudi Arabia 10 June 2016
Saudi rights defender Abdulaziz Al-Shubaili sentenced to 8 years in prison

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law Freedom of Assembly 9 June 2016
Civil society to Obama: Live up to your 2011 promises, support reform in the Gulf

‎ Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Gulf Centre for Human Rights, Reporters Without Borders

Qatar Kuwait Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Oman Bahrain 11 April 2016
Death sentence repealed, but Palestinian poet still faces flogging, jail

‎ PEN International

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law 3 February 2016
On the fate of eleven members of targeted Saudi civil rights group

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law Freedom of Assembly 29 January 2016
Mounting dangers for journalists in Yemen

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Attacks Saudi Arabia Yemen 25 January 2016
King Salman's first year of rule marked by sustained assault on free expression

‎ Human Rights Watch

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law 11 January 2016
Saudi Arabia approves 'long overdue' NGO law

‎ Human Rights Watch

Saudi Arabia Freedom of Assembly 7 December 2015
Shock, outrage as Saudi Arabia sentences Palestinian poet to death

‎ PEN International

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law 20 November 2015
Saudi human rights advocate Abdulkarim Al-Khodr sentenced to 10 years in prison

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights

Saudi Arabia Freedom of Assembly Free Expression & the Law 22 October 2015
Saudi journalist and blogger held without charge for past 16 months

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law 11 September 2015
How Saudi Arabia manipulates foreign media outlets

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law 9 July 2015
Waleed Abulkhair: A lawyer vs the Saudi establishment

‎ IFEX

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law 22 June 2015
Ask the Saudi King to release Waleed Abulkhair in the spirit of Ramadan

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Saudi Arabia 19 June 2015
Raif Badawi

‎ IFEX

Saudi Arabia Digital Rights Censorship 19 June 2015
Kuwaiti blogger loses appeal of 6-year sentence for tweets criticizing Saudi Arabia

‎ Human Rights Watch

Kuwait Digital Rights Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law 18 June 2015
Saudi Arabia: Supreme Court confirms sentence of editor Raif Badawi

‎ PEN International

Saudi Arabia Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law 8 June 2015
Saudi lawyer and activist Waleed Abu al-Khair marks one year in prison

‎ Human Rights Watch

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law 16 April 2015
Imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi may now face the death penalty

‎ PEN International

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law 2 March 2015
Profile of journalist who covertly filmed mass uprising in Saudi Arabian province

‎ Index on Censorship

Saudi Arabia Freedom of Assembly 18 February 2015
Saudi king leaves behind unfulfilled reform promises

‎ Human Rights Watch

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law Freedom of Assembly 23 January 2015

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Roads to Reform: The Enduring Work of the Saudi Association for Civil and Political Rights

In this report, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) examines the contributions of ACPRA within the larger context of the movement for civil and political reform in Saudi Arabia.

Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain 1 March 2017
Operation Decisive Storm strikes freedom of expression in Yemen & the Gulf

An ANHRI report on the impact of the war on Yemen on freedom of expression

Arabic Network for Human Rights Information 4 October 2016
Freedom of the Press 2016: Saudi Arabia

Amid the continuing military offensive in Yemen, the Saudi government aimed to shape media coverage, cracking down on domestic dissent and restricting access to Yemen by foreign journalists.

Freedom House 23 April 2016