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Saudi Arabia: Release woman sentenced to 27 years for tweets

On January 25, 2023, the Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, resentenced Salma al- Shehab to 27...

Outcome: Jordanian man executed following unfair trial in Saudi Arabia

On March 12, Saudi Arabian authorities executed Hussein Abo al-Kheir. He was a Jordanian man and father of eight, who...

Saudi Arabia: Aramco’s historic profits should fund shift to renewable energy

The US$161.1 billion in annual profits posted by Aramco the most disclosed by a company in a single year....

SAUDI ARABIA: Jordanian man at imminent risk of execution

Download a copy of the 1st UA 102/22 below Hussein Abo al-Kheir is at imminent risk of execution in Saudi...

SAUDI ARABIA: Release Activist Jailed 34 Years for Tweets

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 74/22 BELOW On 9 August, the Specialized Criminal Court in the Saudi capital, Riyadh sentenced,...

Saudi Arabia: Quash 34-year prison sentence for student Salma al-Shehab

The Saudi Arabian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Salma al-Shehab, a Leeds University PhD student who has been sentenced...

SAUDI ARABIA: Lebanese Man Disappeared

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 72/22 BELOW Ali Maziad’s family told Amnesty International that they immediately contacted several police stations...

SAUDI ARABIA: Arrested at 14, Tortured, Now Faces Execution

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 60/22 BELOW Abdullah al-Huwaiti, who was arrested when he was 14, is at imminent risk...

SAUDI ARABIA: Halt Imminent Execution of Two Bahraini Men

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 46/22 BELOW Jaafar Mohammad Sultan and Sadeq Majeed Thamer, two Bahraini Shi’a men, are at...

Raif Badawi finally released

Raif Badawi, a prominent blogger and human rights defender in Saudi Arabia, was finally released from prison on March 11,...

Saudi Arabia: Blogger Raif Badawi, arbitrarily detained beyond his sentence, must be immediately released

Responding to the news that Raif Badawi, a prominent blogger and human rights defender who has been arbitrarily detained solely...

Good news! Ali al-Nimr released from death row in Saudi Arabia

After almost a decade of campaigning, Ali al-Nimr is finally free.  Ali al-Nimr was just 17-years-old when he was arrested in 2012 for participating in anti-government protests...

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