Monitoring & Documentation
Appeal court upholds 20-year sentence for peaceful activist Abdulrahman al-Sadhan
ALQST has learned that on 5 October 2021 the Court of Appeal in Riyadh upheld the sentence passed on humanitarian activist Abdulrahman al-Sadhan.
2021-10-06
Monitoring & Documentation
Ten Nubian Egyptians charged after being arbitrarily detained in Saudi Arabia for more than a year
Ten Egyptian nationals belonging to Nubian civic associations in Saudi Arabia have finally been charged, more than a year after being arrested and arbitrarily detained.
2021-09-22
Monitoring & Documentation
Four years since September 2017 crackdown, many are still unjustly detained
Four years since the Saudi authorities’ crackdown on dissent in September 2017, the majority of those arrested remain in prison.
2021-09-09
Monitoring & Documentation
Enforced disappearances still routine practice in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi authorities continue to routinely “disappear” activists and ordinary citizens, forcibly disappearing several more in recent months while others have remained missing for even longer.
2021-08-30
Monitoring & Documentation
Son of missing preacher Sulaiman al-Dowaish re-arrested
ALQST has learned of the arrest on 14 August 2021 of Abdulwahhab al-Dowaish, son of the preacher Sulaiman al-Dowaish who has been forcibly disappeared since 2016.
2021-08-27
Monitoring & Documentation
Appeal court adds two more years to prisoner of conscience Khaled al-Omair’s sentence
ALQST has learned that human rights activist Khaled al-Omair has had his prison sentence increased from seven years to nine, and may be facing new charges related to things he has written in prison.
2021-08-25
Monitoring & Documentation
Activist Abdullah al-Mubaraki forcibly disappeared
ALQST has learned from reliable sources that activist Abdullah al-Mubaraki was arrested by the Saudi authorities on 22 July and has been forcibly disappeared since then.
2021-08-20
Monitoring & Documentation
Attempt to kill activist in Saudi prison, as authorities deliberately place lives at risk
ALQST has learned of attempts by the Saudi authorities to instigate the deaths of prominent activists, as they continue to ramp up their campaign of vengeance on prisoners of conscience.
2021-08-18
Monitoring & Documentation
Politically motivated jail sentences for dozens of Palestinians and Jordanians in Saudi Arabia
On 8 August 2021, the Specialised Criminal Court (SCC) in Riyadh sentenced dozens of Palestinians and Jordanians associated with the Palestinian cause to prison sentences.
2021-08-10
Monitoring & Documentation
Saudi survey confirms increased abuse of detainees since 2017
An in-depth study of the Saudi prison system details sub-standard health and hygiene conditions, reckless medical negligence, and increasing use of private detention facilities since 2017 to carry out torture.
2021-07-27
Monitoring & Documentation
Fears for Saudi doctor missing since arrest in May
ALQST has received credible news that Lina Alsharif, a 33-year-old Saudi physician, was arrested several weeks ago and may still be forcibly disappeared.
2021-07-13
Monitoring & Documentation
Execution of Saudi youth casts doubt on authorities' claims of reform
The execution of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish on 15 June 2021 calls into doubt the Saudi authorities' claim to have abolished the death penalty for minors.
2021-06-18
Monitoring & Documentation
Death of detainee after contracting COVID-19 highlights Saudi authorities' gross medical negligence
The death on 8 May 2021 of detainee Zaheer Ali Shareeda al-Mohammed Ali highlights the Saudi authorities’ gross negligence with regard to prisoners.
2021-06-11
Monitoring & Documentation
More rights activists and peaceful critics sentenced in latest Saudi crackdown
Several rights activists and peaceful critics of the Saudi authorities have been handed prison sentences in recent weeks, as part of a renewed crackdown.
2021-05-06
Monitoring & Documentation
Renewed crackdown on Saudi human rights defenders and critics
ALQST for Human Rights and MENA Rights Group condemn the renewed crackdown on human rights defenders and peaceful critics.
2021-04-16
Monitoring & Documentation
Mohammed al-Qahtani contracts COVID-19 amid outbreak in al-Ha’ir Prison
Imprisoned human rights defender Mohammed al-Qahtani has become infected with COVID-19. He has been denied any contact with the outside world since 7 April 2021.
2021-04-15