An ANHRI report on the impact of the war on Yemen on freedom of expression
Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
4 October 2016
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
Cofounder of Saudi Arabia Liberals website receives first 50 of 1,000 public lashes after Supreme Court upholds sentence
Freedom House
31 October 2015
Ranked 180th in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2015
Human rights activist sentenced to 5 years in prison for uploading YouTube video documenting abuses against women
Freedom House
1 May 2014
"Tracking 'cyber-criminals'"
Reporters Without Borders
12 March 2014
Ranked 164th in annual press freedom index
Reporters Without Borders
1 February 2014
Founder of liberal website sentenced to six years in prison and 600 lashes for insulting Islam
Human Rights Watch
22 January 2014
Human Rights Watch
18 December 2013
Ranked 182nd in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2013
International Publishers Association
15 March 2013
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
12 March 2013
The kingdom systematically arrests, tries, and imprisons the country’s most visible human rights activists
Freedom House
16 January 2013
Journalist Hamza Kashgari faces death penalty for tweet deemed blasphemous by authorities
Reporters Without Borders
2 May 2012
Women use social media to win the right to vote in 2015 elections
Reporters Without Borders
12 March 2012
672,000 websites blocked in 2010
Committee to Protect Journalists
22 February 2012
"Lack of pluralism and high level of self-censorship"
Reporters Without Borders
26 January 2012
"Intelligence forces arrested six persons who planned to found the kingdom’s first political party"
Human Rights Watch
23 January 2012