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Saudi Arabia: Death toll reaches 100 as authorities carry out execution spree

The Saudi Arabian authorities executed a man today, bringing the total number of people put to death so far in...

Saudi Arabia: Right to drive is a long overdue step forward for women

Responding to the Saudi Arabian government’s announcement that women will be allowed to drive, Philip Luther, Amnesty International’s Research and...

Saudi Arabia: Wave of arrests targets last vestiges of freedom of expression

In the last week Saudi Arabian authorities have intensified their crackdown on freedom of expression, detaining more than 20 prominent...

Saudi Arabia: Execution looms for teen tortured to “confess” to protest-related crimes

A young Saudi Arabian Shi’a man who claims he was tortured to “confess” alleged crimes committed when he was 16...

Fourteen men at imminent risk of beheading as Saudi Arabia continues bloody execution spree

The Saudi Arabian Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the death sentences of 14 men after a grossly unfair mass...

Saudi Arabia: Death penalty used as political weapon against Shi’a as executions spike across country

The Saudi Arabian government is employing the death penalty as a political weapon to silence dissent, said Amnesty International,...

Saudi Arabia must not deport Sudanese prisoners of conscience

The Saudi Arabian authorities must not forcibly return three Sudanese activists to Sudan where there is a real risk...

Court ruling over UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia a ‘deadly blow’ to Yemeni civilians

A UK court ruling that the government is entitled to continue authorizing arms supplies to Saudi Arabia is a potentially...

Saudi Arabia: Release blogger Raif Badawi, still behind bars after five years

Marking the fifth anniversary of the arrest of Saudi Arabian blogger and prisoner of conscience Raif Badawi, Samah Hadid, Middle-East...

USA: Impending Saudi arms deal would trample human rights in Yemen

Amnesty International USA today urged the Senate to approve a resolution to block the impending arms sale to Saudi Arabia....

Saudi Arabia: 14 protesters facing execution after unfair trials

(Beirut) June 5, 2017 – Saudi Arabia should immediately quash the death sentences of 14 members of the Shia community...

Saudi Arabia: Trump visit risks giving green light to violations of human rights

As US President Donald Trump embarks on his first foreign visit to attend the Riyadh summit in Saudi Arabia, counter...

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