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Urgent Action: Human rights defender jailed for online activism in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian human rights defender Essam Koshak has been detained since 8 January 2017 for his online activism. He is a prisoner of conscience and should be released immediately and unconditionally.
Urgent action outcomes 31 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights activist in arbitrary detention, Saudi Arabia
Issa al-Nukheifi, a Saudi Arabian human rights activist, was detained again and remains in detention since 18 December. He is a prisoner of conscience and should be released immediately.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Sudanese activists held incommunicado in Saudi Arabia
Two Sudanese nationals have been detained incommunicado since their arrest on 21 December 2016 in Saudi Arabia after they supported recent civil disobedience in Sudan on social media. They are prisoners of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jan 2017 -
UA update: Human rights defender faces 11 years in prison in Saudi Arabia
On 1 December, human rights defender Issa al-Hamid’s prison sentence was increased by two years on appeal, bringing his total prison sentence to 11 years. If detained he will be a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Dec 2016 -
Saudi Arabia sentences 15 people to death for 'spying for Iran' - reactionPress release 06 Dec 2016
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Urgent Action: Man faces execution after grossly unfair trial in Saudi Arabia
A Shi’a man is at risk of execution in Saudi Arabia after he exhausted all his appeals. He was sentenced to death after a grossly unfair trial.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Two human rights defenders on trial in Saudi Arabia
Two co-founders of a Saudi Arabian human rights organization are on trial before the counter-terror court on charges related to their human rights work.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Detained human rights defender on hunger strike in Saudi Arabia
Human rights defender Khaled al-Omair has been on hunger strike since 6 October in protest at his continuing detention. He was due to be released on 5 October after completing his eight-year prison sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Activist held incommunicado since 2 September in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian human rights activist Salim al-Maliki has been arbitrarily detained and held incommunicado for four weeks.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience needs medical care in Saudi Arabia
Human rights defender Saud al-Hashimi is reported to have recently suffered two strokes and is in urgent need of medical care. He is a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience needs medical care in Saudi Arabia
Human rights defender Saud al-Hashimi is reported to have recently suffered two strokes and is in urgent need of medical care. He is a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Death sentence for juvenile offender in Saudi Arabia
A Saudi Arabian Shi’a man has been sentenced to death by the Specialized Criminal Court for offences that occurred when he was 16 years old. He says he was held incommunicado in solitary confinement for five months and tortured into “confessing”.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Sep 2016 -
Saudi Arabia should be suspended from UN's Human Rights CouncilPress release 29 Jun 2016
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Three ways Saudi Arabia is abusing rights and getting away with itIt has a terrible human rights record - yet it's currently a member of the UN Human Rights Council. But Saudi Arabia doesn't like facing criticism.
Explainer 29 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action: Another ACPRA member sentenced to prison in Saudi Arabia
Human rights defender Abdulaziz al-Shubaily has been convicted and sentenced on 29 May to eight years in prison by the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh for his peaceful human rights activism.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Mohammed Saleh Al-Bajadi released in Saudi Arabia
Human rights defender Mohammed Saleh al-Bajadi was released on 7 April from a rehabilitation centre where he had spent four months after being discharged from prison in November 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jun 2016 -
Waleed Abu al-Khair, imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for defending human rightsHuman rights lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair is serving a 15-year sentence for his human rights activism. Waleed was charged under Saudi Arabia's strict counter-terror laws for activities like representing activists like Raif Badawi in court and discussing…
09 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Waleed Abu al-Khair starts hunger strike in Saudi Arabia
Imprisoned human rights defender and lawyer, Waleed Abu al-Khair, began a hunger strike on 7 June to protest the prison authorities’ refusal to provide him with adequate medical care and because of his ongoing ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Jun 2016 -
Why the UK must stop arms sales to Saudi ArabiaIn April 2016, our research team visited Yemen to collect evidence of human rights abuses. What we discovered was a UK-made cluster bomb, used by the coalition in a series of strikes on civilians.
07 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Al-Hamid sentenced to 9 years in prison in Saudi Arabia
Human rights defender Issa al-Hamid has been sentenced to nine years in prison after being convicted by the Specialised Criminal Court in Riyadh for his peaceful human rights activism. If detained he will be a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Jun 2016
