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 “ACPRA trials” come to an end, with sentences totalling 199 years in prison terms and travel bans as well as other punishments
Saudi judiciary brings “ACPRA trials” to a close with confirmation of the final sentence against Abdulaziz al-Shubaily.
2017-08-14
Monitoring & Documentation A new era, and steps that should be taken
The Saudi people and human rights supporters everywhere are looking for radical changes regarding human rights in Saudi Arabia.
2017-06-28
Monitoring & Documentation Qatar extradites activist to Saudi after Norway grants asylum
Qatar has extradited the prominent Saudi human rights defender Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Otaibi to Saudi Arabia.
2017-05-31
Monitoring & Documentation Prisoners tortured for posting videos
ALQST has learned of a number of prison inmates being moved to solitary confinement and subjected to beatings and torture.
2017-05-17
Monitoring & Documentation Saudi Arabia: Death sentence passed on mentally ill man, Ahmad bin Freih al-Shammari
On Saturday, April 23, 2017, in the General Court in Hafr al-Batin, Saudi Judge Abdulaziz al-Lahem sentenced Ahmad bin Freih al-Shammari to death.  
2017-04-25
Monitoring & Documentation Dina Alaa
Saudi authorities drag fleeing Saudi woman back to KSA from Philippines, arrest activist showing solidarity.
2017-04-14
Monitoring & Documentation The conditions in Saudi Arabia’s severely overcrowded and disease- and crime-ridden prisons
Reports reaching ALQST point to a sharp increase in the spread of infectious diseases in Saudi prisons.
2017-04-11
Monitoring & Documentation International Migrants Day – 18 December 2016
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has an estimated population of 31million with almost a third being migrant workers.
2016-12-18
Monitoring & Documentation Mohamed al-Oteibi and Abdullah al-Atawi appear before the Specialised Criminal Court
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
Monitoring & Documentation Khaled al-Omair
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
Monitoring & Documentation Abuses continue amid mounting repression
The Saudi authorities are continuing their relentless crackdown on human rights activists and civil society supporters.
2016-09-08
Monitoring & Documentation Dr. Saud Mukhtar Al-Hashmi is suffering from health issues and is in urgent need of medical attention.
Al-Hashmi’s health has seriously deteriorated due to ill-treatment in prison.
2016-09-06
Monitoring & Documentation Waleed Abu al-Khair goes on hunger strike becauseof ill-treatment in prison
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
Monitoring & Documentation Abdulaziz al-Shubaili gets 8-year sentence: ACPRA update and background
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
Monitoring & Documentation ID cards revolution: Jaber al-Amri jailed for seven years
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
Monitoring & Documentation Mohanna al-Hubail
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