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Turkey urged to seek UN inquiry on Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

20 October 2018
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Human Rights Watch (HRW)

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.

Saudi Arabia Turkey Attacks

Saudi attorney general says Jamal Khashoggi was killed during fight in consulate

"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."

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)‎20 October 2018

Saudi Arabia Turkey Attacks Digital Rights

Jamal Khashoggi is not the first Saudi journalist to disappear

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

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)‎11 October 2018

Saudi Arabia Turkey Free Expression & the Law

Dissident Saudi journalist not seen since entering Istanbul consulate

RSF wants to know what has happened to Jamal Khashoggi, a well-known dissident Saudi journalist who has not been seen or heard from since entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October.

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)‎ 4 October 2018

Latest from Saudi Arabia

'New' Saudi Arabia ushers in even more repressive climate for journalists

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law 27 September 2018
Saudi airstrike hits Yemeni radio station

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Attacks Saudi Arabia Yemen 20 September 2018
Saudi Arabia must implement UPR recommendations protecting free expression

‎ Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB)

Saudi Arabia 10 September 2018
Saudi security forces arrest two more women human rights defenders

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Saudi Arabia Gender 2 August 2018
Waleed Abulkhair: A lawyer vs the Saudi establishment

‎ IFEX

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law 17 July 2018
Raif Badawi: A fearless and principled writer and activist

‎ IFEX

Saudi Arabia Digital Rights Censorship 17 July 2018
Women's rights defender Hatoon Al-Fassi arrested the week after driving ban lifted

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law Gender 30 June 2018
Crackdown on Saudi women human rights defenders sets off alarms

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law Gender 7 June 2018
Saudi Arabia arrests 10 activists for their work promoting women's rights

‎ Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB)

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law Gender 24 May 2018
Saudi Arabia sees dramatic increase in detention without trial

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law 7 May 2018
Saudi Arabia: UN Human Rights Council member blatantly violates human rights on a daily basis

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Saudi Arabia Censorship Gender 2 March 2018
At least 15 journalists held arbitrarily in Saudi crackdown

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Saudi Arabia Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law 10 February 2018
Saudi activist Naima Al-Matrood sentenced to six years in prison

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Saudi Arabia Digital Rights 19 November 2017
Saudi human rights defenders brought to trial for protesting violations

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Saudi Arabia Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law 14 September 2017
Saudi Arabia: 14 protesters facing execution after unfair trials

‎ Human Rights Watch

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law 7 June 2017
Saudi Arabia's counterterrorism apparatus targets rights activists

‎ Human Rights Watch

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law 29 May 2017
Saudi Arabia goes above and beyond

‎ Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain

Saudi Arabia Attacks 18 May 2017
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

At a glance

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Freedom on the Net 2017: Saudi Arabia

A court increased an activist’s prison sentence for advocating for human rights online from 9 to 11 years on appeal

Freedom House 16 November 2017
Freedom of the Press 2017: Saudi Arabia

The Saudi government continued to shape media coverage of its war in Yemen, cracking down on critical local reporting and restricting access to Yemen by foreign journalists.

Freedom House 28 April 2017
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