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ALQST was officially admitted as a new member organisation of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).
2019-10-31

October 12, 2019 marks the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Saudi Association for Civil and Political Rights (ACPRA).
2019-10-11

On 2 October 2018, Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to obtain official documents in order to get married, but he did not make it out alive.
2019-10-01

ALQST welcomes the joint statement, delivered by Australia on 23 September 2019 at the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC).
2019-09-23

ALQST express its deep concern at the findings of the Secretary General's latest annual report on reprisals and intimidation.
2019-09-20

On August 23, 2019, 23 NGOs wrote to the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights (ASG), the President of the Human Rights Council (HRC).
2019-09-17

ALQST and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights recently sent a submission to the UK Foreign Affairs Committee.
2019-09-03

Human rights experts at the United Nations have published an urgent appeal they sent to Saudi Arabia on 27 May 2019.
2019-08-30

On Thursday 18 July, a UK parliamentary debate was held in Westminster Hall on the topic of "Human Rights in Saudi Arabia and the detention of opponents of the regime".
2019-07-26

On Thursday 18 July, there will be a Parliamentary debate on "Human Rights in Saudi Arabia and the detention of opponents of the regime".
2019-07-12

6 July 2019 marks five years since human rights activist Waleed Abu al-Khair was handed a 15-year prison sentence in Saudi Arabia.
2019-07-05

On 26 June, during the 41st session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), 40 human rights organisations, including ALQST, published a letter.
2019-07-02

ALQST joins hundreds of NGOs in an open letter urging UN member states to address the critical funding situation.
2019-05-30

Following the adoption of Saudi Arabia’s Universal Periodic Review outcome on 14 March, MENA Rights Group,
2019-03-15

ALQST has joined over 50 human rights groups in a joint letter calling for the immediate release of women’s rights defenders detained in Saudi Arabia.
2019-03-01

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