Cases of harrassment, torture, imprisonment, assault and religious persecution in Saudi Arabia:
August 4, 2008: (Christian Newswire) -- Deportation Comes Two Weeks after King Abdullah Calls for Reconciliation between Muslims and Christians at Saudi Hosted Interfaith Dialog. The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has learned that Saudi Arabia is deporting 15 Christians on Tuesday, August 5th, for holding private worship meetings in a house in the city of Taif. Click here to read more.
July 30, 2008: (Human Rights Watch) In its new report, “As If I Am Not Human,” Human Rights Watch presents an in-depth look into the lives of domestic workers in Saudi Arabia. After two years of research and more than 140 interviews with Asian domestic workers, recruiters, and government officials, the report details cases of forced labor, human trafficking, and slavery-like conditions and the much more widespread abuses of non-payment of salaries, forced confinement, food deprivation, excessive workload, and instances of severe psychological, physical, and sexual abuse. For a copy of the full report, click here.
June 12, 2008: (U.S. Copts) Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat - Sheikh Ibrahim Bin Abdullah Al-Ghaith, General President for the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV), has expressed his personal willingness to fulfill the request of any country that wishes to incorporate a similar committee in its own government services. Click here to read more.
May 21, 2008: (Human Rights Watch) - The Saudi Interior Ministry should immediately and unconditionally release Matrook al-Faleh, one of Saudi Arabias leading human rights activists, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 19, Saudi secret police apprehended Dr. al-Faleh on the premises of King Saud University in Riyadh, where he teaches political science. His arrest took place two days after he publicly criticized conditions in a prison where two other Saudi human rights activists are serving jail terms. Click here to read more.
May 13, 2008: (Human Rights Watch) - Courts in Jeddah should dismiss cases against a Saudi web critic and a Turkish barber charged with insulting Islam, an unequivocal violation of freedom of expression protected under international law, Human Rights Watch said today. The Saudi man used his website to criticize the religious police while the Turkish barber is accused of cursing the name of God. Click here to read more.
April 28, 2008: (Reporters Without Borders) - The "dean" of bloggers in Saudi Arabia has been released without charge after nearly five months behind bars, report the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRInfo), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of International PEN. Click here to read more.
March 25, 2008: (HRWatch) "Saudi Arabia should urgently enact a penal code to protect all criminal suspects against arbitrary arrest, Human Rights Watch said in two reports released today... Current practices in Saudi justice cannot be seen as fair, said Joe Stork, acting Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. Suspects are stuck in a faulty system without any semblance of due process and fair trial rights." Click here to read more.
December 27, 2007: (IFEX) Aged 32 and a resident of Jeddah, Ahmad Fouad Al-Farhan was arrested at his workplace by police who first took him home to collect his laptop computer and then took him to an unknown location, the Arab Network for Human Rights Information said. His family still does not know where he is. Click here to read more.
November 17, 2007: (Source Human Rights Watch) "A court in Saudi Arabia doubled its sentence of lashings for a rape victim who had spoken out in public about her case and her efforts to seek justice, Human Rights Watch said today. The court also harassed her lawyer, banning him from the case and confiscating his professional license." Click here to read more.
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QUICK LINKS TO CASE STORIES
Saudi Arabia deports 15 Christians
Widespread abuse of domestic workers in Saudi Arabia
Saudi wants to help other nations install religious policing agency
HR advocates demand Saudis release activist
Saudis should dismiss cases against two for insulting Islam.
Saudi Arabian Blogger released
Report exposes deficient practices in criminal justice
Ahmad Fouad Al-Farhan
Saudi rape victim
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