Tag: Arabia
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Saudi Arabia: Spate of Executions of Child Offenders
(Beirut) – Saudi authorities on October 20, 2025, executed a man convicted of alleged crimes…
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Saudi Arabia: NGOs Condemn Escalating Use of the Death Penalty
On this World Day Against the Death Penalty, we, the undersigned organizations, express our horror…
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Saudi Arabia: Comedians Silent on Detained Activists
(Beirut) – Comedians performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival did not use their public platform…
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Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Comedy Festival Whitewashes Abuses
(Beirut) – The Saudi government is using the Riyadh Comedy Festival 2025 from September 26 to October…
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Saudi Arabia: Further Information: Jalal Labbad Executed for Alleged Crimes as a Child
On 21 August 2025, Saudi authorities executed Jalal Labbad for crimes allegedly committed when he…
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Saudi Arabia: Further Information: Women’s Rights Activist Re-Sentenced: Manahel al-Otaibi
On 21 August 2025, the appeals court of Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) resentenced…
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Saudi Arabia: Deplorable execution exposes broken promise to halt death penalty for juveniles
Reacting to the news that Saudi authorities executed Jalal Labbad on 21 August 2025 for…
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Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in 2025
(Beirut) – Saudi authorities have been carrying out an unprecedented surge in executions in 2025…
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Saudi Arabia: Further Information: Abdulaziz al-Shubaily Conditionally Released
On 13 July 2025, Saudi human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Abdulaziz al-Shubaily was…
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Saudi Arabia: Further Information: British National Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison: Ahmed al-Doush
On 12 May 2025, Saudi Arabia’s terrorism court, the Specialized Criminal Court (SCC), sentenced British…