3rd Conference of Victims of Saudi Violations: Whitewashing & Manipulation

The European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights held its third annual conference entitled: Whitewashing and manipulation are Saudi tools to cover up violations.

The conference was held remotely in conjunction with International Human Rights Day, and for two days, December 9 and 10, 2022, hosted several experts, specialists, and victims, and concluded with many recommendations.

To watch the first day in English, click here

Speaker	Description	Topic
Duaa Dhainy	Head of the Documentation and Research Department at ESOHR	Saudi methods in the United Nations to dim the violations
Elias Geoffroy	MENA Programme and Advocacy Manager - ACAT France	The role of France in whitewashing the Saudi regime| Elias Geoffroy
Ahmed Mazad	Son of a victim of enforced disappearance in Saudi Arabia	The story of my father's disappearance in Saudi prisons
The Lawyer Aissa Rahmoune	Vice President of the Middle East Department at FIDH	The reality of human rights in the region
Zaki Sarraf	Caseworker / Investigator - The Death Penalty Team in the MENA Region at Reprieve	Official promises as a misleading tool in the execution files
Zena Issa	Academic research	Investment and human rights in the Saudi context
Ahmed al-Wadaei	Head of Advocacy at BIRD	Saudi Efforts to Use the British Parliament to Cover up Abuses

To watch the second day in English, click here

Speaker	Description	Topic
Dr Madawi al-Rasheed	Lecturer at the London School of Economics and Political Science	Washing the image of Saudi Arabia in the academic halls
Nidhal Marzougui	The brother of the Tunisian nurse, Mahdia Al-Marzouki, who has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in Saudi Arabia	The Saudi government has sentenced my sister to 15 years because of a retweet
Maytham Al-Tamar	Former Pakistani detainee in Saudi Arabia	About his experience in Saudi prisons and his friend, the detainee who is threatened with death, Saud Al-Faraj
Ali al-Ashtar	Political activist	Title: A letter from the family of a person threatened with death in Saudi Arabia
Stanley Heller	Executive Director at the Middle East Crisis Committee, Author	How did an American group thwart one of the Saudi washing attempts with an American university?
John Hird	Founding member of the No Saudi Toon Campaign	On the campaign of Newcastle United fans against sports washing with Saudi Arabia
Ali al-Ahmad	Director of the Gulf Affairs Institute	Saudi Arabia's whitewashing attempts in the United States of America
Tahira Bashir	A Pakistani citizen and the wife of a Pakistani detainee in Saudi Arabia	How did the dream of the Pakistani family to perform Umrah in Saudi Arabia turn into a nightmare