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Cabinet panel of experts considering draft law regulating CSOs (October 2012)
Saudi Arabia currently awaits the verdict from a panel of experts in the Saudi cabinet on a draft law regulating
civil society organizations in the country. The Ministry of Social Affairs submitted the bill, which was recently
amended by the Shura Council for consideration, three years ago. Political expert Mohammed al-Salehi said the
law, if passed, would regulate the work of all NGOs, including human rights, voluntary, charitable, professional
and scientific organizations.
Saudi Arabia condemns Russian comments on human rights (July 2012)
Saudi Arabia condemned comments by Russia's human rights envoy on the situation in the Kingdom as "hostile"
and an unjustified interference in the Kingdom's internal affairs, the Saudi state news agency (SPA) reported.
The rare public exchange appeared to reflect tensions over the 16-month-old uprising in Syria where Russia
has resisted introduction of Western- and Arab-backed sanctions against President Bashar al-Assad.
Saudi rights campaigner given 4 yrs' jail: activists (April 2012)
A court in Riyadh has sentenced prominent Saudi rights campaigner Mohamad al-Bajadi to four years in prison,
activists said on Tuesday. Bajadi was detained in March 2011 after voicing support for families demonstrating
outside the Interior Ministry in Riyadh to demand the release of jailed relatives, according to fellow activists.
They say he has been on hunger strike for a month. "Last Tuesday, after the news of the hunger strike came
out, they took him to the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh and he objected to the legitimacy of the court ...
and despite that the judge sentenced him," activist Fowzan al-Harby told Reuters.
Saudi Arabia: Christians arrested at private prayer (February 2012)
Thirty five Ethiopian Christians are awaiting deportation from Saudi Arabia for “illicit mingling,” after police
arrested them when they raided a private prayer gathering in Jeddah in mid-December, 2011, Human Rights
Watch said today. Of those arrested, 29 were women. They were subjected to arbitrary body cavity searches in
custody, three of the Ethiopians told Human Rights Watch.
News Archive
Arrest and incommunicado detention of human rights defender Mr. Fadel Mekki Al-Manasef (October 2011)
Drop Charges Against Human Rights Lawyer (September 2011)
Detainees disappear into black hole of Saudi jails (August 2011)
Stop Trial of Journalist (August 2011)
Amnesty: Saudi plans anti-terror law to stop dissent (July 2011)
Women Activists Prepare to Defy Saudi Arabian Driving Ban (June 2011)
Why Is the Story Different in Saudi Arabia (April 2011)
Dissident Writer Arrested (April 2011)
Saudi Shiites Call for Withdrawal and Shiite Religious Leaders Incriminate Massacres in Bahrain (March 2011)
Saudi police open fire on pro-democracy protesters (March 2011)
Saudi authorities urged to allow peaceful protests (March 2011)
A Saudi Prince’s Plea for Reform (February 2011)
Rights watchdog urges Saudi to release activists (February 2011)
Nearby Uprisings Stoke Saudis' Political Passions (February 2011)
Saudi royal concern over growing regional unrest (February 2011)
National Declaration for Reform Saudi Intellectuals Appeal to Saudi Government for Political Reform (February