Saudi Arabia- International spotlight shows broken human rights promises as oppression and violations continue
Saudi Arabia has failed to deliver on promises it made to the international community. In 2009 Saudi Arabia pledged to implement recommendations made at its Universal
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Saudi Arabia- Women should be allowed to campaign freely to drive
On 16 October 2013, women's rights defender and one of the campaigners for women's legal right to drive, Eman Al-Nafjan, was pulled over while driving and summoned to
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Saudi Arabia- Court of Appeal Upholds sentences against human rights defenders, Wajiha Al-Huwaider and Fowzia Al-Oyuni
On 15 June 2013, human rights defenders and activists Wajiha Al-Huwaider and Fowzia Al-Oyuni were sentenced by the District Court in Al-Khobar, after many months of
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Saudi Arabia -Human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair arrested for meeting with reformists
Update: On 3 October 2013, human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al Khair was released on bail. On 2 October 2013, Saudi authorities detained prominent human rights
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Authorities continue to target human rights lawyer Walid Abu Al-Khair
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is concerned about irregularities in the ongoing trial of human rights lawyer Walid Abu Al-Khair, which continued on 9
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Authorities continue to target NGOs by means of imprisonment and judicial harassment
The Saudi authorities continue to target members of the Association for Civil and Political Rights(ACRPA) by means of imprisonment, travel bans and judicial
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Saudi Arabia- Authorities should release all detained human rights defenders and activists
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information that on 6 August 2013, detained human rights defender Mohammed Saleh Al-Bajadi was released from Al-
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Human rights defender and editor Raef Badawi sentenced to 7 years and 3 months in prison plus 600 lashes
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information that human rights defender and editor Raef Badawi has been sentenced to 7 years and 3 months
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Saudi Arabia- Authorities prevent journalist and human rights defender Iman Al-Qahtani from traveling
On 19 July 2013, Saudi authorities stopped journalist and human rights defender Iman Al-Qahtani at the Dammam airport and prevented her from travelling to
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