Special rapporteurs call on Saudi Arabia to halt death sentences against two Bahraini citizens, and reiterate concerns about the anti-terror law

On January 22, 2022, the United Nations special rapporteurs sent a letter to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, calling on it to immediately halt the execution of death sentences against both Jaafar Sultan and Sadiq Thamer,

Saudi Arabia's Widespread and Systematic Violations Prompt the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to Re-request its Visit

قال الفريق العامل المعني بالاعتقال التعسفي التابع للأمم المتحدة، أنه في ظل ادعاءات السعودية استعدادها

Saudi Arabia attacks countries: criticism of the massacre of executions politicizes the work of the Human Rights Council

Saudi Arabia attacked countries that criticized their violations during the discussions of the fourth item of the 49th session of the Human Rights Council. In a speech delivered by its delegate to the council, Faisal Mashari al-Madhi

United Nations Report Confirms Saudi Arabia's Use of Counter Terrorism as an Argument for Arbitrary Detention

The Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the context of combating terrorism emphasized that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Unprecedented bloodshed: Saudi Arabia executed 100 people before the end of the first quarter of 2022

Before the end of the first quarter of 2022, Saudi Arabia executed a hundred people. Days after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke of “getting rid of” capital punishment,

Third Execution Massacre: Confusion of Charges and Lack of Justice

On 12 March 2022, the Saudi Ministry of Interior published a statement announcing the mass execution of 81 people.

Bachelet Condemns Saudi Executions that Might Rise to War Crimes and Calls on it to Return the Bodies

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, condemned the mass execution carried out by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia against 81 people.

The third and largest mass execution massacre during the reign of King Salman and his son

Today, March 12, 2022, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia carried out the largest massacre of mass executions during the reign of King Salman bin Abdulaziz: 81 people,

The United Nations Calls on Countries, Including Saudi Arabia, to Protect Anti-Corruption Defenders

The report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders confirmed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the countries that prosecute, arrest and restrict the movement of human rights defenders working against corruption.

On International Women's Day: The Path of Women's Struggle in Saudi Arabia is Still Long

Under the title: Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow, the world will mark the 2022 International Women's Day on March 8.

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