Saudi Arabia’ s authorities must immediately release all those arbitrarily detained solely for expressing their views online ahead of the upcoming Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Riyadh, said 40 NGOs and human rights organizations including Amnesty International in a joint statement published...

Saudi Arabia must free all individuals arbitrarily detained solely for their online expression ahead of hosting the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Riyadh, which will take place from 15 to 19 December 2024. It is counter to the IGF’s stated values for Saudi Arabia to host the IGF....

In August 2024, the Huthi de facto authorities released the four remaining detained Baha’i individuals Abdul’elah Muhammad al-Boni, Hassan Tariq Thabet al-Zakari, Muhammad Bashir Abdel Jalil and Ibrahim Ahmad Jo’eil after being arbitrarily detained for more than a year at the Huthi-run security and...

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After one month of incommunicado detention, Manahel al-Otaibi contacted her family on 1 September 2024 and told them she was again being held in solitary confinement and brutally beaten by fellow prisoners and prison guards. On 9 January 2024 Saudi Arabia’s infamous Specialized Criminal Court...

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