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

Neom: A human rights and environmental impact assessment

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 Encourage your MP to sign this EDM on the detention of women’s rights activists in Saudi Arabia
An Early Day Motion (EDM) has been put down by Labour MP Ann Clwyd on the detention of women’s rights activists.
2019-02-15
Advocacy & Campaigns Three imprisoned Saudi activists are nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by parliamentarians in Canada and Norway
ALQST today welcomed the nomination of human rights defenders Loujain al-Hathloul, Nassima al-Sadah and Abdullah al-Hamid for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
2019-02-12
Advocacy & Campaigns ALQST lance une campagne qui vous invite à #StandWithSaudiHeroes
Le 15 mai 2018, les autorités saoudiennes ont lancé une vague d’arrestations contre des défenseurs des droits humains, surtout des femmes, mais quelques hommes aussi.
2019-01-31
Advocacy & Campaigns El ALQST lanza una campaña para apoyar los héroes de Saudi
El 15 de Mayo de 2018, las autoridades Arabia Saudí lanzaron una ola de arrestos contra defensores de los derechos humanos, la mayoría que fueron mujeres pero también hombres.
2019-01-31
Advocacy & Campaigns ALQST eröffnet die Kampagne #StandWithSaudiHeroes
Am 15. Mai 2018 eröffneten die Saudi-arabischen Behörden eine wilde Verhaftungswelle gegen Menschenrechtsaktivisten, die sich gegen Frauen und Männer richtete.
2019-01-31
Advocacy & Campaigns ALQST launches campaign calling to #StandWithSaudiHeroes
ALQST launches a global campaign to stand with Saudi women’s rights activists.
2019-01-31
Advocacy & Campaigns ALQST and other rights NGOs call on Saudi Arabia to commit to eight specific measures to end the human rights crisis
Saudi Arabia – On international Human Rights Day, commit to these, eight specific human rights initiatives to end the human rights crisis.
2018-12-12
Advocacy & Campaigns ALQST renews its call to recognise the achievements of Saudi human rights activists
On 9 October 2018, English PEN’s Pinter Prize was awarded to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She, in turn, named writer and activist, Waleed Abulkhair Abu al-Khair as PEN’s International Writer of Courage for 2018.
2018-11-29
Advocacy & Campaigns Failure to make any commitment before key United Nations human rights body is a failure of leadership and betrays the Saudi Arabian people
Failure by Saudi Arabian officials to give any response to recommendations made by other UN member states on 5 November shows that it is business as usual.
2018-11-16
Advocacy & Campaigns ALQST and over 160 groups call for accountability following murder of journalist and widespread arrest of women’s rights defenders
Saudi Arabia: Kingdom must be held to account for suppression of dissent, following murder of journalist and widespread arrest of women’s rights defenders.
2018-10-27
Advocacy & Campaigns UN expert: Saudi government must stop using counter-terrorism laws to stifle peaceful dissent
Saudi Arabia has clearly misused counter-terrorism strategies for the purpose of stifling political dissent.
2018-06-09
Advocacy & Campaigns Crackdown on Saudi women human rights defenders sets off alarms Human rights groups call for their immediate release
The undersigned human rights groups call on the Saudi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all human rights defenders.
2018-06-07
Advocacy & Campaigns Norwegian Foreign Minister questions Saudi Arabia’s willingness to reform
The position for women in Saudi Arabia is unacceptable, says Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen.
2018-06-06
Advocacy & Campaigns European Parliament resolution on the situation on women’s rights defenders in Saudi Arabia
European Parliament resolution on the situation on women’s rights defenders in Saudi Arabia.
2018-06-03
Advocacy & Campaigns As an act of solidarity against injustice, and so the world will learn the truth: Let’s keep the names of Saudi human rights heroes constantly before the world – and in the face of the Saudi authorities
As an act of solidarity against injustice, and so the world will learn the truth: Let’s keep the names of Saudi human rights heroes constantly before the world.
2018-05-29
Advocacy & Campaigns Eleven more executed in Saudi Arabia while Crown Prince was schmoozing Western allies
Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman returns to Saudi Arabia this weekend at the end of a five-week, five-nation “charm offensive”.
2018-04-15