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Activists Mohamed bin Abdullah al-Oteibi and Abdullah bin Modhi al-Atawi were informed of a case against them in the Specialised Criminal Court (SCC).
2016-11-03
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Khaled bin Suleiman al-Omeir has gone on hunger strike in protest against his continuing detention after the expiry of his eight-year prison term.
2016-10-07
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The Saudi authorities are continuing their relentless crackdown on human rights activists and civil society supporters.
2016-09-08
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Al-Hashmi’s health has seriously deteriorated due to ill-treatment in prison.
2016-09-06
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Saudi human rights activist Waleed Sami Abu al-Khair has embarked on an open-ended hunger strike, which he will maintain until the management at Jeddah Prison stops abusing him.
2016-06-07
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The sentencing on May 29, 2016 of human rights activist Abdulaziz al-Shubaili to eight years in jail highlights once again the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s harsh treatment of peaceful dissent and civil activity.
2016-05-29
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The Saudi authorities continue to clamp down on social media and wage war on freedom of expression as if it were an act of terrorism.
2016-05-19
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Mohanna Abdulaziz al-Hubail, Director of the Islamic Orient Studies Bureau instanbul, is a Saudi researcher, social activist and writer on contemporary Islamic thought and regional affairs.
2016-05-01
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Issa al-Hamid, a founding member of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA), an independent human rights group, was sentenced on April 24, 2016 to nine years in prison.
2016-04-24
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Human Rights defender Al-Senaidi has been sentenced to eight years in prison, followed by an eight year travel ban upon release and a $13,300 fine.
2015-10-19
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Founding member and president of ACPRA, Dr. Al-Hamid has been sentenced to nice years in prison followed by a nine year travel ban upon release and a $13,300 fine.
2015-10-19
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Abdulkareem Al-Khoder is the latest member of ACPRA to be sentenced by the SCC to 10 years in prison.
2015-10-19
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Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria in 2011, more than 45 per cent of the Syrian population has been displaced.
2015-09-28
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Prisons are places meant to reform and rehabilitate its inmates. They are known as Correctional Institutions in the Kingdom.
2015-08-04
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Human rights activist Mikhlif Al-Shammari has been sentenced to 2 years in prison and 200 lashes for associating with Shia Muslims in Saudi Arabia.
2015-05-01