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

Manahel al-Otaibi: Fitness instructor detained for supporting women’s rights

Assault on Freedom of Movement: The Use of Arbitrary Travel Bans in Saudi Arabia

An Open Field for Violations: Saudi Arabia’s 2034 FIFA World Cup bid

Neom: A human rights and environmental impact assessment

Abdulrahman al-Sadhan: Humanitarian worker sentenced to 20 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 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

Advocacy & Campaigns #UPR45: States call on Saudi Arabia to implement pressing human rights reforms

On 22 January 2024, during Saudi Arabia’s fourth UPR, UN Human Rights Council member states issued a long list of recommendations to address widespread and systematic rights violations in the kingdom

2024-01-26

Advocacy & Campaigns Birthday in jail: Saudi Wikipedian Osama Khalid Remains Unjustly Imprisoned on his 30th Birthday

On 19 January 2024, a shadow hangs over the 30th birthday of Osama Khalid, a Saudi pediatrician, blogger, and prominent Wikipedian.

2024-01-19

Advocacy & Campaigns Historic opportunity for UN member states to call Saudi Arabia out on insufficient rights reforms

A coalition of human rights NGOs including ALQST has drawn up a list of key recommendations in preparation for the fourth cycle of the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Saudi Arabia in 2024.

2023-12-21

Advocacy & Campaigns Saudi Human Rights Commission a mere whitewashing tool, say NGOs

Prior to the third EU-Saudi Arabia human rights dialogue, MENA Rights Group, ALQST for Human Rights and ESOHR urge the EU to reconsider its interlocutory, the Saudi Human Rights Commission.

2023-11-27

Advocacy & Campaigns More than 70 NGOs call for Saudi Arabia not to host 2024 Internet Governance Forum

ALQST and more than 70 digital and human rights organisations wrote to the United Nations Secretary General, urging him to reverse the decision to allow Saudi Arabia to host the next IGF annual meeting

2023-11-17