
Four years after the arrest of Alaa Brinji for expressing his opinion: Saudi Arabia remains a prison for journalists.
2018-05-15

A key witness in the case against detained human rights activist Essa al-Nukhaifi has denied all knowledge of evidence presented in court as testimony by him against Nukhaifi, which he says was falsified.
2018-04-19

Essa al-Nukhaifi, a campaigner for reform, has written to Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman from Mecca General Penitentiary calling for a number of urgent reforms.
2018-02-28

At 12:00 noon on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 the Saudi authorities detained a relative of social and human rights activist Noha al-Balawi as someone who was related to Noha and knew her well.
2018-02-08

This morning, January 25, 2018, the Specialised Criminal Court (SCC) handed down jail sentences for rights activist Abdullah al-Atawi and Mohamed al-Oteibi.
2018-01-26

ALQST has analysed the text of Saudi Arabia’s new Law on Combating Crimes of Terrorism and its Financing, which came out on November 1, 2017.
2017-11-13

The number of people arrested, among them women, has seen a swift upsurge in the kingdom.
2017-11-02

Over the past week the Saudi authorities have detained a number of preachers, writers and activists in an as yet unexplained wave of arrests.
2017-09-17

Saudi judiciary brings “ACPRA trials” to a close with confirmation of the final sentence against Abdulaziz al-Shubaily.
2017-08-14

The Saudi people and human rights supporters everywhere are looking for radical changes regarding human rights in Saudi Arabia.
2017-06-28

Qatar has extradited the prominent Saudi human rights defender Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Otaibi to Saudi Arabia.
2017-05-31

ALQST has learned of a number of prison inmates being moved to solitary confinement and subjected to beatings and torture.
2017-05-17

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

Saudi authorities drag fleeing Saudi woman back to KSA from Philippines, arrest activist showing solidarity.
2017-04-14

Reports reaching ALQST point to a sharp increase in the spread of infectious diseases in Saudi prisons.
2017-04-11

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has an estimated population of 31million with almost a third being migrant workers.
2016-12-18