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 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
Monitoring & Documentation 100 executed in Saudi Arabia already this year, amid surge in death sentences for drug offences
Saudi Arabia’s horrific use of the death penalty continues apace this year, with at least 111 individuals executed so far in 2025, amid a particular surge in executions for drug-related offences.
2025-05-12
Monitoring & Documentation NGOs call for immediate release of ​Nourah al-Qahtani, in solitary confinement and deteriorating health
We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are extremely concerned that Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani has been held in solitary confinement in Saudi Arabia since February 2025.
2025-05-08
Monitoring & Documentation Further reprisals against disappeared preacher’s three sons
ALQST is concerned to learn of further repressive measures against the family of preacher Sulaiman al-Dowaish, who was arrested and tortured in April 2016 and remains forcibly disappeared.
2025-04-25
Monitoring & Documentation Release of human rights defender Mohammed al-Bejadi now two years overdue
ALQST is deeply concerned that veteran human rights defender Mohammed al-Bejadi has now been arbitrarily detained for two years beyond the expiry of his prison sentence.
2025-04-04
Monitoring & Documentation Bulgaria: Saudi activist at risk of deportation
ALQST and 19 organisations call on Bulgarian authorities to immediately grant asylum to Saudi human rights defender Abdulrahman al-Khalidi.
2025-03-10
Monitoring & Documentation ALQST welcomes release of Saudi prisoners of conscience, and calls for end to arbitrary detention of countless others
ALQST welcomes the recent release of several prisoners of conscience in Saudi Arabia, including high-profile human rights activists, social media influencers, and a dozen members of the Huweitat tribe.
2025-02-28
Monitoring & Documentation 2024 saw persistence of worrying human rights trends in Saudi Arabia, but also wins for determined advocacy
ALQST’s Annual Report for 2024, published today, highlights the persistence of some worrying human rights trends in Saudi Arabia, but also some notable victories resulting from campaigning efforts.
2025-02-27
Monitoring & Documentation Salma al-Shehab released from prison, but must now be granted full freedom
Saudi PhD student Salma al-Shehab was released on 10 February 2025 after more than four years of arbitrary imprisonment on the basis of her peaceful online activism supporting women’s rights in Saudi Arabia.
2025-02-11
Monitoring & Documentation NGOs welcome the reduction of Salma al-Shehab’s sentence, but continue to call for her unconditional release
We welcome the recent decision by a Saudi court to reduce the jail sentence of Saudi prisoner of conscience Salma al-Shehab from 27 years to four years, with an additional four years suspended.
2025-01-15
Monitoring & Documentation Human rights defenders Mohammed al-Qahtani and Essa al-Nukheifi conditionally released
Saudi human rights defenders Mohammed al-Qahtani and Essa al-Nukheifi were conditionally released this week, after years of arbitrary imprisonment on the basis of their peaceful activism.
2025-01-10
Monitoring & Documentation Highest execution toll ever recorded in Saudi Arabia: over 300 individuals executed in 2024 so far
Saudi Arabia’s escalating use of the death penalty has reached horrifying levels in 2024, with at least 306 individuals executed as of 6 December, the highest known figure in Saudi history.
2024-12-09
Monitoring & Documentation #FreeAhmedKamel: Saudi Arabia must not extradite peaceful protester to Egypt, where he would face torture
Ahmed Fathi Kamal Kamel should not be deported to Egypt, where he would be at high risk of being subjected to torture and other human rights violations.
2024-12-02
Monitoring & Documentation Saudi cartoonist jailed for 23 years for caricatures and non-existent tweets
After a secret retrial, the Specialised Criminal Appeal Court in Saudi Arabia has resentenced political cartoonist Al Hazzaa – full name Mohammed Ahmad Eid Al Hazzaa al-Ghamdi – to 23 years in prison.
2024-11-01
Monitoring & Documentation Saudi authorities must end misuse of administrative and judicial measures against released human rights defenders including Loujain al-Hathloul
We, the undersigned organisations, call on the Saudi authorities to immediately cease misusing administrative and judicial measures against human rights defenders (HRDs) released from prison.
2024-10-31
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