Advocacy & Campaigns

ALQST raises individual cases as well as patterns and new trends of human rights violations with various international, regional and national bodies, including the UN human rights system, EU institutions and the British parliament, as well as individual stakeholders such as diplomats and companies doing business with Saudi Arabia. ALQST also conducts global campaigns via social media activity as well as online materials and in-person protests to raise awareness about human rights violations.

Briefings

Osama Khalid: Wikipedian unjustly imprisoned for online activism

Women Facing the Death Penalty in Saudi Arabia: Injustice Sustained by Silence

Manahel al-Otaibi: Fitness instructor detained for supporting women’s rights

Assault on Freedom of Movement: The Use of Arbitrary Travel Bans in Saudi Arabia

An Open Field for Violations: Saudi Arabia’s 2034 FIFA World Cup bid

Neom: A human rights and environmental impact assessment

Abdulrahman al-Sadhan: Humanitarian worker sentenced to 20 years in prison

Girls’ and Women’s ‘Care Institutions’ in Saudi Arabia (Dar al-Re‘aya)

A Soft Touch? Human Rights and the UK-Saudi Relationship

Articles

Advocacy & Campaigns Human rights and Counter-terrorism: UN expert launches first mission to Saudi Arabia
On 27 April 2017 the United Nations announced that Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, Ben Emmerson, would make an official visit to Saudi Arabia.
2017-04-29
Advocacy & Campaigns International peace day: a human rights focus on Yemen
Peace and human rights go hand in hand – peace is fragile without human rights, and people’s basic rights are trodden underfoot in times of war.
2016-09-22
Advocacy & Campaigns Conference to honor Mohammad Fahad al-Qahtani
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Karen Elliott House will present a keynote lecture at an Indiana University mini-conference next week on human rights in Saudi Arabia.
2016-03-15
Advocacy & Campaigns Debate in Westminster Hall on human rights in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is deemed a country of concern by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It has one of the worst records in the world for executions.
2016-03-15
Advocacy & Campaigns A Human Rights Perspective on the new Saudi Government
A Human Rights Perspective on the new Saudi Government.
2015-06-05
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