Saudi prosecutors seek death penalty for academic over social media use

A prominent pro-reform law professor in Saudi Arabia is facing the death penalty for alleged crimes including ...

Amnesty: Bidun activist blocked from entering Kuwait to visit family

Responding to the news that Mona Kareem, an academic from Kuwait’s stateless Bidun community who ...

Amnesty: At Al-Nassr, Cristiano Ronaldo should draw attention to human rights issues

Responding to Cristiano Ronaldo’s public comments on his decision to sign for Saudi Arabian football ...

Saudi Arabia will use Christmas as cover to carry out mass executions

The UK Government has been warned that Saudi Arabia plans to go ahead with several executions over Christmas in order ...

UNICEF: More than 11,000 children killed or injured in Yemen

More than 11,000 children have now been killed or maimed as a result of the ...

Bahrain Court Upholds Reprisal Charges against Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja

On 28 November 2022, the Second Lower Criminal Court in Bahrain upheld two separate criminal ...

Amnesty: Bahrain: Prisoner of conscience faces new charges: Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja

Amnesty addresses the Bahraini Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Sheikh Salman bin Hamad, calling to ...

Front Line Defenders raises concerns over the new charges Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja is facing

Front Line Defenders is deeply concerned by recent reports of renewed judicial harassment of leading ...

Amnesty: Bahrain’s upcoming elections held amidst political repression, rights violations

Bahrain’s parliamentary elections, due to take place on 12 November, are being held in an ...

Human Rights Council: Calls to Respect Shiites’ Rights, Release Detainees in Bahrain

Human Rights Council member states have called on Bahrain to respect the religious freedoms of ...