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Spotlight: Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law Gender

Crackdown on Saudi women human rights defenders sets off alarms

7 June 2018
Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Over 30 human rights organisations are calling on the Saudi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all human rights defenders who have been arrested and detained over the past two weeks solely for supporting women's rights in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law Gender

Saudi Arabia arrests 10 activists for their work promoting women's rights

This statement was originally published on adhrb.org on 24 May 2018.

‎ Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB)‎24 May 2018

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law

Saudi Arabia sees dramatic increase in detention without trial

Saudi Arabia is detaining thousands of people without referring them to courts for criminal proceedings.

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)‎ 7 May 2018

Saudi Arabia Censorship Gender

Saudi Arabia: UN Human Rights Council member blatantly violates human rights on a daily basis

The international human rights movement has been very disappointed to see Saudi Arabia regain its seat on the Human Rights Council.

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)‎ 2 March 2018

Latest from Saudi Arabia

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
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

At a glance

Saudi Arabia

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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