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Latest deal with PR firm shows Riyadh again putting image ahead of substance over human rights
ALQST learned of a new contract for PR company Qorvis Communications to provide a Saudi university with consultancy and PR services relating to Saudi Arabia’s official HRC and human trafficking issues.
2022-07-08
Advocacy & Campaigns
Civil society organisations urge UN member states to take Council action on Saudi Arabia in view of continued serious human rights abuses
The undersigned civil society organisations, urge states to support joint action at the ongoing UN Human Rights Council session to hold Saudi Arabia to its international human rights obligations.
2022-06-15
Advocacy & Campaigns
Free social media activist Dr. Lina Alsharif
The undersigned human rights organisations call on the Saudi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Lina Alsharif, who has been arbitrarily detained in Saudi Arabia for over a year.
2022-06-06
Advocacy & Campaigns
Rights groups call for the release of Waleed Abu al-Khair on the eighth anniversary of his arrest
15 April marks the eighth anniversary of the arrest of Saudi human rights defender Waleed Abu al-Khair, who is serving a 15-year prison sentence on charges related to his legitimate human rights activities.
2022-04-15
Advocacy & Campaigns
ALQST announces new campaign highlighting the diversity of Saudi human rights victims
Today, 28 March 2022, ALQST launches a new campaign in support of the many activists and ordinary citizens detained and silenced in Saudi Arabia.
2022-03-29
Advocacy & Campaigns
ALQST and partners highlight Saudi authorities’ disturbing pattern of abuses in joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council
On 22 March 2022, during the UN Human Rights Council (HRC)’s 49th Regular Session, ALQST, International Service for Human Rights and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights delivered a joint oral statement.
2022-03-23
Advocacy & Campaigns
MPs call on UK government to condemn mass executions in Saudi Arabia as Boris Johnson visits
On 14 March 2022, Conservative MP Crispin Blunt tabled an urgent question in the British parliament asking the government to make a statement on the executions of 81 individuals in Saudi Arabia on 12 March.
2022-03-18
Advocacy & Campaigns
ALQST says ‘no’ to sportswashing
ALQST calls on the four football clubs competing now in Riyadh in the Spanish Super Cup to take a stand on the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia.
2022-01-14
Advocacy & Campaigns
Over 120 European parliamentarians sign statement in support of Saudi women human rights defenders
Over 120 European parliamentarians from national and EU parliaments have signed a joint statement raising awareness of the ongoing persecution of Saudi women human rights defenders (WHRDs).
2021-11-29
Advocacy & Campaigns
ALQST and partners highlight Saudi authorities’ systematic abuses in joint statements at UN Human Rights Council
At the UN Human Rights Council’s 48th Regular Session this month, ALQST and partner NGOs delivered three oral statements addressing human rights violations in Saudi Arabia.
2021-10-07
Advocacy & Campaigns
Mid-term report shows Saudi authorities failing to reform, ignoring 2018 UPR recommendations
An NGO report on Saudi Arabia’s progress mid-way through its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) cycle reveals a shocking lack of action from the Saudi authorities.
2021-10-05
Advocacy & Campaigns
Human rights groups say No to NSO Group’s participation in London security expo
Following pressure from human rights organisations, Israeli technology company NSO Group will no longer be permitted to exhibit its Pegasus software at the International Security Expo.
2021-09-28
Advocacy & Campaigns
The Pegasus Project: MENA Surveillance Coalition demands an end to the sale of surveillance technology to the region’s autocratic governments
We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call for an immediate halt to the use, sale and transfer of surveillance technology to autocratic oppressive governments across MENA.
2021-07-30
Advocacy & Campaigns
European Parliament passes resolution calling on EU member states to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for human rights abuses
On Thursday, 8 July 2021, the European Parliament passed a resolution condemning human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia.
2021-07-09
Advocacy & Campaigns
Google should halt plans to establish Cloud Region in Saudi Arabia
The undersigned human rights and digital rights organisations urge Google to immediately halt its plan to establish a new Google Cloud region in Saudi Arabia.
2021-05-27
Advocacy & Campaigns
EU Parliamentarians sign open letter about Saudi women human rights defenders
In an open letter, around 50 EU Parliamentarians have addressed the EU High Representative concerning the serious human rights violations taking place with respect to Saudi women’s rights defenders.
2021-05-19
