Internet Activist Sentenced to Death for Tweets in Saudi Arabia
Internet Activist Sentenced to Death for Tweets in Saudi Arabia GCHR believes that the death penalty has been used widely as a political tool by the Saudi authorities. The Gulf…
Human Rights Groups Call for the Release of Saudi Wikipedians
Human Rights Groups Call for the Release of Saudi Wikipedians Access Now, ALQST for Human Rights, ARTICLE 19, Global Voices (GV), the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and IFEX…
UN Urges Saudi Arabia to Release Woman Arrested for Tweets
The UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) expressed its anguish over a 34-year prison sentence handed down to a Saudi woman charged with following and retweeting the…
UN Urged to Take Action on Human Rights Abuses in Saudi Arabia
A number of civil society organizations have urged UN member states to support joint action at the ongoing UN Human Rights Council session to hold Saudi Arabia to its international…
UN Chief Demands Fair Probe into the Murder of Saudi Journalist
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has stressed the need for an independent and impartial investigation into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was killed last year in…
Saudi Arabia Sentences 5 to Death for Journalist Khashoggi’s Murder
Ignoring the findings of a report prepared by a UN Special Rapporteur, Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death and three to jail over the murder of Saudi…