UN experts: Saudi Arabia's deprivation of life for juvenile offenders amounts to arbitrary deprivation of life

 United Nations experts called on Saudi Arabia to immediately release Abdullah Al- Huwaiti and abolish the death penalty

The Criminal Court of Tabuk Issued Death sentence on the Minor Abdullah Al-Hwaiti as retribution after the Supreme Court Overturned Ruling to Execute him with Hirabah sentence

On March 2, 2022, the Tabuk Criminal Court issued a verdict to kill the minor Abdullah Al-Hwaiti as retribution, replacing the previous ruling with the Hirabah sentence, which the Supreme Court overturned on November 10, 2021.

UN experts: Saudi Arabia Adopts a Pattern of Large-scale Arbitrary Arrests

Independent experts at the United Nations expressed their deep concern about Saudi Arabia’s use of “a pattern of large-scale arbitrary arrests” of individuals, including human rights defenders

The Public Prosecution in Saudi Arabia Calls Death Penalty for Saud Al-Faraj

In June 2021, the Public Prosecution in Saudi Arabia demanded the Hirabah sentence to be imposed against Saud Muhammad Al-Faraj.

UN Experts Hold the Saudi Government Responsible for the Death of Al-Qarni During his Arrest

United Nations human rights special experts have held the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia responsible for the death of Dr. Musa Al-Qarni in prison

New Tazir Death Sentence Raises Executions Number in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of 2021 to 59

Saudi Arabia carried out its 59th death sentence since the beginning of 2021. On November 1, the official Saudi Press Agency

After a Decade of Arbitrary Detention and Life-Threatening: Ali Al-Nimr out of Prison While Saudi Arabia Continues to Threaten Lives of Other Minors

Ali Al Nimr was released from prison on October 27, 2021, after spending 10 years there. Ali al-Nimr,

Despite government’s propaganda about ending minors’ execution, Mustafa Al Darweesh’s life is in danger

Young Mustafa Al Darweesh faces the threat of execution at any moment after his final death sentence

2,000 days in solitary confinement: Al-Sheikh al-Hilal victim of flagrant crime

Two thousand days have passed since Saudi Arabia put Al-Sheikh Samir al-Hilal in solitary confinement

29 States call on Saudi Arabia at the HRC to release women political detainees

On behalf of 29 countries, Denmark raised fears regarding the status of human rights

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