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 Arabia: New wave of arrests of activists reflects authorities’ obliviousness to international scrutiny and human rights
Reliable sources informed ALQST that Saudi Arabian authorities carried out a wave of arrests on 4 and 5 April 2019.
2019-04-08
Monitoring & Documentation Saudi authorities should release Saudi-American doctor Walid Fitaihi, imprisoned and tortured since November 2017
ALQST is alarmed that, according to a credible report, Saudi Arabian authorities have tortured Saudi-American medical doctor, 54. 
2019-03-06
Monitoring & Documentation ALQST condemns the Saudi authorities’ mistreatment of Jannat Sybile for five years
ALQST is dismayed to learn of the hardship and injustice experienced by Tunisian nurse Jannat Sybile.
2019-03-01
Monitoring & Documentation Enforced disappearances: five cases that the authorities in Saudi Arabia must account for
ALQST has documented five cases of enforced disappearances in Saudi Arabia.
2019-01-21
Monitoring & Documentation ALQST and MENA Rights Group call on the authorities in Saudi Arabia to immediately release humanitarian worker Abdulrahman AlSadhan
ALQST and MENA Rights Group call on the authorities in Saudi Arabia to immediately release humanitarian worker Abdulrahman AlSadhan, who has been subjected to enforced disappearance since March
2019-01-12
Monitoring & Documentation ALQST Confirms New Details of Torture of Saudi Women Activists as British MPs Seek Access to Prisons to Investigate
ALQST welcomes the announcement made on 2 January 2019 that a cross-party group of British MPs and international lawyers has submitted a request to visit Saudi women activists detained in Saudi prisons.
2019-01-03
Monitoring & Documentation Imprisoned human rights activist Mohammed al-Qahtani transferred to solitary confinement
Imprisoned human rights activist Mohammed al-Qahtani transferred to solitary confinement.
2018-12-18
Monitoring & Documentation “Disappearance” of Jamal Khashoggi requires independent, apolitical investigation and robust response from international community
ALQST is appalled and dismayed at unconfirmed reports that prominent Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been murdered in the Saudi Arabian consulate.
2018-10-09
Monitoring & Documentation The businessman and economics writer Essam al-Zamel was arrested for expressing his support for human rights and liberties
The businessman and economics writer Essam al-Zamel was arrested for expressing his support for human rights and liberties.
2018-10-02
Monitoring & Documentation Saudi Arabia: Authorities must release Yemeni Writer Marwan Al-Muraisy
On 01 June 2018, security forces arrested Al-Muraisy from his home and transferred him to an unknown location.
2018-09-26
Monitoring & Documentation Saudi authorities arrest rights activist Yasser Al-Ayyaf, having failed to goad him into violence
The Saudi authorities have opened a new line of attack with the arrest of human rights activist Yasser bin Abdullah al-Ayyaf.
2018-08-03
Monitoring & Documentation Human rights defenders Samar Badawi, Nasima al-Sada and Amal al-Harbi arrested by Saudi authorities
At 1 a.m. on Monday morning, July 30, 2018, the Saudi authorities raided the home of Samar Badawi, a peaceful defender of human rights.
2018-08-01
Monitoring & Documentation Saudi government to show videos it claims are proof of three groups seeking to overthrow regime
The Saudi authorities continue their campaign of mass arrests, affecting many sectors of society.
2018-07-10
Monitoring & Documentation Saudi Arabia’s Public Prosecutor says the arrested human rights activists have confessed to having contacts with foreign entities
Saudi Arabia’s Public Prosecutor says the arrested human rights activists have confessed to having contacts with foreign entities.
2018-06-02
Monitoring & Documentation 5 years jail for Mohammed al-Hudaif for legitimately expressing views
The Specialised Criminal Court in Riyadh has sentenced Dr Mohammed al-Hudaif to five years in prison followed by a further five-year travel ban and a ban on social media.
2018-06-01
Monitoring & Documentation Torture on the rise in Saudi prisons, as Dr Musa al-Qarni’s condition deteriorates
ALQST has observed a sharp increase in the practice of torture and other forms of ill-treatment in prisons and detention centres in Saudi Arabia.
2018-06-01
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