Blogger and human rights defender Mikhlif Al-Shammari sentenced to two years in prison and 200 lashes
On 3 November 2014, the Specialised Criminal Court in Al-Khobar city sentenced blogger and human rights defender Mikhlif Al-Shammari to two years in prison in addition
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Women’s rights defender Souad Al-Shammari arrested for tweets
UPDATE: Souad Al-Shammari was released on 29 January 2015 after three months in jail. She was not pardoned during a recent round of prisoner amnesties by the
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Lengthy jail sentence for lawyers’ on-line postings
On 27 October 2014, Judge Sultan Hanas bin Shidah of the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh sentenced lawyers Abdulrahman Al- Subaihi, Bander Al-Nogaithan, and
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Raif Badawi facing 1000 lashes in public for his human rights works
The Saudi Minister of the Interior is on the brink of giving the order to start lashing human rights defender Raif Badawi, according to information received
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Authorities forced blogger and human rights defender Mikhlif Al-Shammari to stops tweeting
As part of the ongoing systematic targeting by the Saudi government of human rights defenders and online activists, On 22 September 2014, blogger and human rights
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Systematic targeting of members of ACPRA in addition to other human rights defenders
Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy. The power to change laws and policies are controlled by the King in consultation with appointed officials including the Minister of
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Sentence of human rights defender Fadel Al-Manasef reduced by one year following reconsideration by the Court
On 9 September 2014, the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh, reduced the prison sentence of human rights defender, blogger and founding member of Al Adalah Center for
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Court of Appeal upholds sentence of human rights defender Raif Badawi
On 1 September 2014 the Court of Appeal in Jeddah upheld the sentence of human rights defender Raif Badawi. He was sentenced on 7 May 2014 to 10 years in prison,
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Detained human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair forcibly taken to unknown location
Update: Reports confirmed that on 12 August 2014 he has been transferred to Al-Malaz prison in Riyadh. The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received
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