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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
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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
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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
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Saudi Arabia has clearly misused counter-terrorism strategies for the purpose of stifling political dissent.
2018-06-09
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The undersigned human rights groups call on the Saudi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all human rights defenders.
2018-06-07
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The position for women in Saudi Arabia is unacceptable, says Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen.
2018-06-06
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European Parliament resolution on the situation on women’s rights defenders in Saudi Arabia.
2018-06-03
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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
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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
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On March 12th, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) published its recommendations on Saudi Arabia.
2018-03-17
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Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman of Saudi Arabia makes his first visits to Western capitals since being appointed as the Kingdom’s heir apparent.
2018-03-09
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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said on several occasions recently that he wants to return the country to “moderation”, or “moderate Islam”.
2017-11-06
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Joint NGO letter to Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
2017-08-29
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Like other governments, the oil-rich Kingdom of Saudi Arabia uses public relations campaigns to maintain its image abroad and to win influence with others.
2017-08-28
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On 27 April 2017 the United Nations announced that Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, Ben Emmerson, would make an official visit to Saudi Arabia.
2017-04-29
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Peace and human rights go hand in hand – peace is fragile without human rights, and people’s basic rights are trodden underfoot in times of war.
2016-09-22