Saudi Arabia

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Spotlight: Saudi Arabia Digital Rights Gender

Oppressing women with an app in Saudi Arabia

6 May 2019
Human Rights Watch (HRW)

"Guardians" can use Absher to grant or deny permission for women and children to travel abroad and obtain a passport.

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law

Jordanian journalist Abdulrahman Farhana detained by Saudi authorities

Farhana was detained on 20 February and held since that time in an unknown location. No charges against him have been made public.

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)‎27 April 2019

Saudi Arabia Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law

Saudi Arabia detains 3 more bloggers

Authorities arrested blogger Naif al-Hindas and bloggers and columnists Ali al-Saffar and Redha al-Boori.

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)‎21 April 2019

Saudi Arabia Digital Rights Gender

Saudi Arabia arrests at least 13 more human rights defenders

The Saudi authorities carried out a new wave of arrests of writers and social media bloggers, including women's rights advocates.

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)‎14 April 2019

Latest from Saudi Arabia

Ill-treatment of Saudi human rights defender Mohammed Al-Qahtani continues in prison

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Saudi Arabia Attacks Free Expression & the Law 25 March 2019
Saudi Arabia jails another journalist, tries women who criticized driving ban

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Saudi Arabia Censorship Free Expression & the Law 13 March 2019
Saudi women human rights defenders to be tried on 13 March

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law Gender 12 March 2019
Over 50 human rights groups call for immediate release of Saudi rights defenders

‎ Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), ARTICLE 19, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), Human Rights Watch (HRW), PEN International, Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Saudi Arabia Attacks Gender 9 March 2019
How Saudi leaders are using religion to consolidate power and silence critical voices

‎ Global Voices Advox

Saudi Arabia Digital Rights Censorship 25 February 2019
How should companies like Netflix respond when repressive governments order the removal of critical content?

‎ Freedom House

International Saudi Arabia Digital Rights Censorship 5 January 2019
Prominent rights defender Dr. Mohammad Al-Qahtani placed in solitary confinement

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law 23 December 2018
Report: Detained women activists in Saudi Arabia tortured

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Saudi Arabia Attacks Free Expression & the Law 30 November 2018
Reformist talk, repressive action: Stop the assault on Saudi women activists, online and off

‎ Sarah Al-Otaibi for IFEX

Saudi Arabia Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law Gender 26 November 2018
Hackers posing as journalists target dissident Saudi reporter Ali Al-Ahmed

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Saudi Arabia Attacks Digital Rights 10 November 2018
Hearing of woman rights defender Israa Al-Ghomgham, who faces execution, postponed

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law Freedom of Assembly 31 October 2018
AFEX calls on UN to take action against Saudi Arabia for brutal murder of Khashoggi

‎ African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX)

International Impunity Saudi Arabia Attacks 30 October 2018
RSF unveils portraits of journalists arbitrarily detained in Saudi Arabia

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Saudi Arabia Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law 28 October 2018
Arrested in Saudi Arabia, and then disappeared: Yemeni writer Marwan Almuraisy

‎ Global Voices Advox

Saudi Arabia Attacks Free Expression & the Law 26 October 2018
The path(s) to justice in Jamal Khashoggi's murder

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Saudi Arabia Turkey United States Attacks 25 October 2018
Turkey urged to seek UN inquiry on Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

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

Impunity Saudi Arabia Turkey Attacks 20 October 2018
Saudi attorney general says Jamal Khashoggi was killed during fight in consulate

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Saudi Arabia Turkey Attacks 20 October 2018
Jamal Khashoggi is not the first Saudi journalist to disappear

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Saudi Arabia Turkey Attacks Digital Rights 11 October 2018
Dissident Saudi journalist not seen since entering Istanbul consulate

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Saudi Arabia Turkey Free Expression & the Law 4 October 2018
'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

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