Monitoring & Documentation
The state of press freedom in Saudi Arabia on World Press Freedom Day
World Press Freedom Day, observed on 3 May every year, provides an annual opportunity to review the state of press freedom around the world.
2022-05-03
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
Khashoggi murder trial: Case closed?
On 7 April 2022, a Turkish court issued a ruling to suspend the trial of 26 people accused over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and transfer the case to Saudi Arabia.
2022-04-08
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
Monitoring & Documentation
Saudi authorities halt cancer treatment for ailing prisoner Mohammed al-Khudari
ALQST has learned that the Saudi authorities have arbitrarily stopped 85-year-old political prisoner Mohammed Saleh al-Khudari’s hormone treatment for prostate cancer, in callous disregard for his life.
2022-03-11
Monitoring & Documentation
Death sentence for Saudi youth destroys claims of an end to the death penalty for minors
ALQST condemns the new death sentence handed down against Saudi youth Abdullah al-Huwaiti for offences allegedly committed when he was only 14.
2022-03-07
Monitoring & Documentation
Lawyer Mut‘ib al-Amri receives harsh sentence, after being brutally tortured
ALQST has learned that the Saudi authorities have sentenced lawyer and activist Mut‘ib bin Zafir al-Amri to seven years in prison for his peaceful media work and human rights activism.
2022-02-16
Monitoring & Documentation
Al-Dowaish son sentenced to two years in prison
Abdulrahman al-Dowaish, son of the missing preacher Sulaiman al-Dowaish, has been sentenced to two years in prison for enquiring about the fate of his father.
2022-02-09
Monitoring & Documentation
Easing pressure on Saudi leaders led to renewed repression in 2021, latest ALQST report concludes
When the pressure eased, the Saudi authorities resumed their habitual pattern of abuses with renewed intensity, according to ALQST’s latest annual report.
2022-02-07
Monitoring & Documentation
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
It is considered a crime, and a form of discrimination against women, just as for the removal or mutilation of any other organ of a woman’s body. It is recognised as a violation of the human rights of girls...
2022-02-06
Monitoring & Documentation
Medical neglect, and safety compromised, for Saudi prisoners of conscience
ALQST is seeing mounting evidence of a deliberate campaign by the Saudi authorities to jeopardise the safety, health and even lives of certain prisoners of conscience.
2022-02-01
Monitoring & Documentation
Uyghurs detained in Saudi Arabia face deportation to China
ALQST condemns the Saudi authorities’ decision to deport two detained Uyghur Muslims back to China, where they face the risk of torture or forcible disappearance.
2022-01-26
Monitoring & Documentation
Saudi authorities put Ibrahim al-Yamani’s life at risk
ALQST has learned that once again the life of a prisoner of conscience is being put at risk, with Ibrahim al-Yamani having been moved to a cell with four “takfiris” who have threatened to kill him.
2021-12-14
Monitoring & Documentation
Saudi authorities silent on prison killing of reformer Musa al-Qarni
ALQST has learned through private channels that the widely called-for inquiry into the 12 October killing of Musa al-Qarni in a prison cell has not yet concluded or reported any findings.
2021-12-13
Monitoring & Documentation
Saudi academic Saud al-Sarhan missing since October
ALQST has learned through private channels that the Saudi authorities have been holding academic Saud al-Sarhan in a state of enforced disappearance since late October.
2021-12-07
