Monitoring & Documentation

While civil society in Saudi Arabia has largely been silenced, and individuals communicating with the outside world are at high risk of reprisals, we maintain an extensive network of sources that enables us to closely monitor human rights violations on the ground and bring them to the attention of the international community.

Monitoring & Documentation Highest execution toll ever recorded in Saudi Arabia: at least 356 individuals executed in 2025
Saudi Arabia’s escalating use of the death penalty reached horrifying new levels in 2025. According to data from the official Saudi Press Agency, the authorities executed at least 356 people in 2025.
2026-01-09
Monitoring & Documentation French national held incommunicado in Saudi Arabia
A French national arrested more than a year ago for not having a valid permit for the Hajj should have a fair trial and attention for his health needs, ALQST for Human Rights and Human Rights Watch said today.
2025-12-09
Monitoring & Documentation Joint appeal for international protection for Saudi human rights defender detained in Bulgaria for over four years
We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are gravely concerned by the imminent threat to Saudi human rights defender Abdulrahman AlBakr al-Khalidi of deportation after over four years in detention.
2025-11-05
Monitoring & Documentation Veteran human rights defender re-tried and sentenced to another 25 years
Saudi Arabia’s Specialised Criminal Court has re-tried and, on 27 October 2025, sentenced veteran human rights defender Mohammed al-Bejadi to a further 25 years in prison.
2025-10-30
Monitoring & Documentation ALQST expresses deep concern over the appointment of Saleh al-Fawzan as the new Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia
ALQST expresses deep concern over the appointment of Saleh al-Fawzan as the new Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, given his long record of deeply discriminatory and inflammatory statements.
2025-10-23
Monitoring & Documentation Saudi Arabia executes another child offender, in flagrant violation of international law
On 20 October 2025 the Saudi authorities executed Abdullah al-Derazi, a young man convicted after a grossly unfair trial of “terrorist” crimes allegedly committed when he was a minor.
2025-10-21
Monitoring & Documentation NGOs condemn escalating use of the death penalty in Saudi Arabia
On this World Day Against the Death Penalty, we, the undersigned organisations, express our horror at the alarming surge in executions in Saudi Arabia.
2025-10-10
Monitoring & Documentation French national detained in Saudi Arabia for more than a year tortured and denied right to fair trial
A French national detained in Saudi Arabia for more than a year is now on trial, without legal representation or consular access, for visa irregularities arising from a common scam as well as charges relating t
2025-09-25
Monitoring & Documentation Execution of Saudi child offender raises fears for others
The execution of Jalal Labbad, a Saudi youth convicted of crimes allegedly committed when he was a minor, finally destroys the authorities’ claims to have ended this violation of international human rights law.
2025-08-22
Monitoring & Documentation NGOs call for immediate release of ​Saudi human rights defender Mohammed al-Bejadi, still held two years after his sentence ended
We, the undersigned organisations, express deep concern over the continued arbitrary detention of the Saudi human rights defender Mohammed al-Bejadi more than two years beyond his sentence.
2025-08-07
Monitoring & Documentation ALQST briefing highlights growing use of arbitrary travel bans in Saudi Arabia
A new briefing from ALQST highlights how Saudi Arabia’s authorities are arbitrarily barring increasing numbers of Saudi citizens from leaving the country through the use of unlawful travel bans.
2025-07-16
Monitoring & Documentation Ten Nubian Egyptians still in Saudi jail five years after arbitrary arrest
Five years on from their arrest in July 2020, ten members of Nubian civic associations in Saudi Arabia remain arbitrarily detained on lengthy prison sentences for staging a peaceful commemoration of the 1973 Oc
2025-07-15
Monitoring & Documentation Last inhabitants of Al-Khuraiba village evicted to make way for Neom
The last remaining inhabitants of Al-Khuraiba village have been forced out of their home at gunpoint to make way for the gigantic Neom project being developed by the Saudi authorities.
2025-06-23
Monitoring & Documentation NGOs voice fears for hundreds of foreign nationals at risk of imminent execution in Saudi Arabia
We are gravely fearful for the lives of hundreds of prisoners threatened with imminent execution in Saudi Arabia for non-lethal drug-related offences, including Egyptian, Ethiopian and Somali nationals.
2025-06-17
Monitoring & Documentation Saudi journalist’s execution highlights use of death penalty to eliminate dissent
A Saudi journalist, Turki al-Jasser, has unexpectedly been executed after seven years of enforced disappearance, on vague charges of terrorism, treason and endangering national security.
2025-06-16
Monitoring & Documentation Sporadic prisoner releases in Saudi Arabia continue
ALQST welcomes the release of several more prisoners of conscience in Saudi Arabia, seeing this as a positive trend but insufficient.
2025-06-05
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