Prisoners of Conscience

Monitoring & Documentation

Monitoring & Documentation Two young Bahrainis at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia
The undersigned organisations express their concern that two young Bahrainis, Jaafar Sultan and Sadiq Thamer, are at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia.
2022-05-26
Monitoring & Documentation Rights activist Essa al-Nukhaifi on hunger strike in jail
ALQST has just learned that the veteran human rights activist Essa al-Nukhaifi has been on hunger strike in Al-Ha’ir Prison since 17 April 2022.
2022-04-21
Monitoring & Documentation ALQST survey documents the devastating impact of Jeddah evictions and home demolitions
ALQST has carried out a survey on the demolition of homes and eviction of residents in the historic port city of Jeddah and other areas of Saudi Arabia.
2022-04-20
Monitoring & Documentation 81 executed in a single day: Mass execution makes a dramatic comeback in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi authorities today, Saturday, 12 March 2022, announced the execution of 81 individuals.
2022-03-12

Advocacy & Campaigns

Advocacy & Campaigns Rights groups call for the release of Waleed Abu al-Khair on the eighth anniversary of his arrest
15 April marks the eighth anniversary of the arrest of Saudi human rights defender Waleed Abu al-Khair, who is serving a 15-year prison sentence on charges related to his legitimate human rights activities.
2022-04-15
Advocacy & Campaigns ALQST announces new campaign highlighting the diversity of Saudi human rights victims
Today, 28 March 2022, ALQST launches a new campaign in support of the many activists and ordinary citizens detained and silenced in Saudi Arabia.
2022-03-29
Advocacy & Campaigns ALQST and partners highlight Saudi authorities’ disturbing pattern of abuses in joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council
On 22 March 2022, during the UN Human Rights Council (HRC)’s 49th Regular Session, ALQST, International Service for Human Rights and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights delivered a joint oral statement.
2022-03-23
Advocacy & Campaigns MPs call on UK government to condemn mass executions in Saudi Arabia as Boris Johnson visits
On 14 March 2022, Conservative MP Crispin Blunt tabled an urgent question in the British parliament asking the government to make a statement on the executions of 81 individuals in Saudi Arabia on 12 March.
2022-03-18

Reports

Reports The Spotlight Fades, Repression Mounts Again: Human Rights in Saudi Arabia in 2021
ALQST’s latest annual report documents the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia in 2021.
2022-02-07
Reports Joint NGO submission on Saudi Arabia’s UPR mid-term reporting
An NGO report on Saudi Arabia’s progress mid-way through its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) cycle.
2021-10-05
Reports Shrouded in Secrecy: Prisons and Detention Centres in Saudi Arabia
An in-depth study of the Saudi prison system by ALQST details sub-standard health and hygiene conditions, reckless medical negligence, and increasing use of private detention facilities to carry out torture.
2021-07-27
Reports Torture in Saudi Arabia - Impunity Reigns
The report, by ALQST for Human Rights in cooperation with the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), presents a detailed investigation into torture in Saudi Arabia.
2021-03-17

ALQST In The Media

Coda Story
Smart Cities
2022-03-29

Authoritarians love smart cities. Russia is no exception

“Every detail of the private life of the citizens is known to the government. Anyone who bothers the regime can get arrested. People themselves are go...
Middle East Eye
Basmah bint Saud
2022-01-08

Saudi princess freed after three years in jail: Report

"She was denied the medical care she needed for a potentially life threatening condition," Alqst said in Saturday's post. "At no point during her dete...
Business Insider
Sportswashing
2021-12-05

Don't let Saudi Arabia use a Formula 1 race to hide the abysmal way it treats its people

On Sunday, December 5, 2021, Saudi Arabia will host its first ever Formula 1 Grand Prix. Thousands of motorsport fans will gather to watch the action...
i24 News
Prisoners of conscience
2021-11-16

Saudi Arabia releases ex-death row inmate arrested as minor

"Abdullah al-Zaher was released yesterday following the expiry of his sentence," ALQST for Human Rights said on Twitter on Monday.
France 24
Prisoners of conscience
2021-10-27

Saudi releases Shiite ex-death row prisoner al-Nimr: rights group

"Ali al-Nimr, a young man detained since 2012 for participating in protests when he was a child, and who previously faced a death sentence, has been r...
Middle East Eye
Musa al-Qarni
2021-10-19

Saudi Arabia: Prominent cleric 'beaten and tortured to death while in detention'

According to ALQST, an independent NGO that promotes human rights in Saudi Arabia, Qarni was beaten around the head and face with sharp objects, which...
Middle East Eye
Musa al-Qarni
2021-10-12

Saudi Arabia: Prominent cleric dies in detention, say campaigners

Multiple human rights groups, including the Saudi rights group ALQST, reported that Musa al-Qarni, a former university professor, died after his healt...
Reuters
Sportswashing
2021-10-08

Human rights groups criticise Newcastle sale to Saudi-led consortium

Saudi Arabian human rights group ALQST accused the Premier League of being driven only by money and employing 'profoundly inadequate' criteria for ass...
BBC
Sportswashing
2021-10-08

Newcastle United takeover: LGBTQ+ fans hope Saudi deal 'a sign for change'

The organisation's acting director, Nabhan al-Hanashi, said: "For Saudi Arabia, the deal shows the success of their PR strategy to invest in sporting...
The Guardian
Sportswashing
2021-10-07

‘English football will sell itself to anyone’: human rights groups condemn Saudi-Newcastle deal

That message was reinforced by Nabhan al-Hanshi, acting director of ALQST, a Saudi human rights group based in the UK, who described the PIF and the S...
The Guardian
Surveillance
2021-09-24

New evidence suggests spyware used to surveil Emirati activist Alaa Al-Siddiq

But now, three months after her death, new evidence has emerged about an intense and pervasive campaign to surveil Al-Siddiq, who served as executive...
Middle East Eye
Arrests
2021-07-13

Saudi Arabia: Doctor 'forcibly disappeared' since arrest two months ago

“Alsharif’s apparent enforced disappearance is of grave concern, particularly given the Saudi authorities’ systematic and widespread use of the practi...
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