Advocacy & Campaigns

ALQST raises individual cases as well as patterns and new trends of human rights violations with various international, regional and national bodies, including the UN human rights system, EU institutions and the British parliament, as well as individual stakeholders such as diplomats and companies doing business with Saudi Arabia. ALQST also conducts global campaigns via social media activity as well as online materials and in-person protests to raise awareness about human rights violations.

Briefings

Mohammed al-Qahtani: Human rights defender detained beyond sentence expiry

Abdulrahman al-Sadhan: Humanitarian worker sentenced to 20 years in prison

Salma al-Shehab: Women's rights activist sentenced to 27 years in prison

Girls’ and Women’s ‘Care Institutions’ in Saudi Arabia (Dar al-Re‘aya)

A Soft Touch? Human Rights and the UK-Saudi Relationship

Articles

Advocacy & Campaigns International access will be needed to follow up on mixed Saudi response to UPR recommendations
Saudi Arabia’s contradictory response to its fourth UPR, the outcome of which has now been adopted, casts doubt on the sincerity of its stated intention to improve its dismal human rights record
2024-07-23
Advocacy & Campaigns ALQST delivers joint oral statements during Saudi Arabia’s UPR adoption
On 5 July 2024, during the UN Human Rights Council’s adoption of Saudi Arabia’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), ALQST’s Lina Alhathloul and Celia Le Noe delivered joint oral statements alongside partner NGOs.
2024-07-16
Advocacy & Campaigns 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council: ALQST and partners address dire human rights situation in Saudi Arabia
As the second week of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC)’s 56th session comes to an end, ALQST thanks our partners for our collaboration to bring human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia to the HRC's attention.
2024-06-28
Advocacy & Campaigns Waleed Abu al-Khair to receive Anna Dahlbäck award for 2024
ALQST is delighted that detained Saudi human rights defender Waleed Abu al-Khair has been chosen to receive the Anna Dahlbäck Foundation Memorial Fund bursary for 2024.
2024-06-27
Advocacy & Campaigns Saudi Arabia Falls Short of Respecting Migrants’ Rights: Human Rights Organizations Call for Urgent Action
The interactive dialogue with the special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants at the United Nations Human Rights Council on June 25 2024 should condemn the situation of migrants’ rights in Saudi Arabia.
2024-06-26
Advocacy & Campaigns ALQST’s top 10 tips for the incoming UK government on leveraging Saudi human rights improvements
Following the UK general election on July 4, ALQST urges UK MPs to make more robust use of the UK’s close ties with Saudi Arabia to actively promote human rights there.
2024-06-13
Advocacy & Campaigns ALQST team make advocacy trip to the US
A team of senior ALQST staffers recently returned from a successful trip to the United States.
2024-06-06
Advocacy & Campaigns ALQST urges business leaders at UK-Saudi trade expo to ensure non-complicity in rights abuses
As a 450-strong British delegation travels to Riyadh to take part in a government-led UK-Saudi trade expo, ALQST urges business leaders taking part to closely examine their corporate responsibilities.
2024-05-15
Advocacy & Campaigns Ten years after his arbitrary arrest, NGOs call for Saudi human rights defender Waleed Abu al-Khair to be released
Monday, 15 April 2024 marks the tenth anniversary of the arrest of Saudi human rights defender Waleed Abu al-Khair, who is serving a 15-year prison sentence as a result of his peaceful human rights activism.
2024-04-15
Advocacy & Campaigns Saudi Arabia unfit for its new role as chair of UN gender equality body
ALQST for Human Rights believes that Saudi Arabia is unfit to take up its recent appointment as chair of the Commission on the Status of Women, the United Nations’ main forum for promoting gender equality.
2024-04-09
Advocacy & Campaigns New assault on freedom of expression, thought and belief as Saudi authorities put football fans on trial for chants
ALQST and partners release statement on members of Al Safa FC’s supporters association, due to appear in court for charges in relation to religious folklore chants during a football match on 24 January 2024.
2024-03-27
Advocacy & Campaigns University of Leeds community urges Vice-Chancellor to call for release of Saudi PhD student Salma al-Shehab
Three hundred and forty academics, students and employees at the University of Leeds have signed a letter calling on its leaders to take a stronger stand in support of PhD student Salma al-Shehab.
2024-03-26
Advocacy & Campaigns ALQST and partners deliver oral statement addressing the Saudi authorities’ systematic abuses at HRC55
ALQST and partners deliver a joint oral statement at HRC55, addressing Saudi Arabia's deteriorating human rights situation.
2024-03-18
Advocacy & Campaigns Bulgaria should not deport Saudi activist Abdulrahman al-Khalidi and should immediately release him
We, the undersigned organisations, are deeply concerned about the case of Saudi activist Abdulrahman al-Khalidi, who is currently detained in Bulgaria and at risk of imminent deportation to Saudi Arabia.
2024-03-12
Advocacy & Campaigns IWD 2024: CSOs renew their call on Saudi authorities to release jailed women’s rights activists
On International Women's Day 2024, ALQST, MENA Rights Group and a coalition of NGO partners call on the Saudi authorities to release women human rights defenders, women’s rights activists and their supporters.
2024-03-08
Advocacy & Campaigns ALQST and Global Citizen launch campaign for Saudi authorities to implement UPR recommendations
ALQST and Global Citizen launch a new campaign to maximise public pressure on Saudi Arabia’s leaders to accept and implement important human rights recommendations made during Saudi Arabia's UPR.
2024-02-15
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