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Democrats pressure Biden on U.S backing for Saudi war in Yemen

The Intercept, published on February 25 2021. By Alex Emmons. Progressive lawmakers sent Biden a letter seeking details on his plan to halt U.S. aid for offensive military operations in Yemen.   Weeks after President […]

Monday، 1 March، 2021

Saudi Arabia: One year on, crackdown on women’s rights defenders continues

FIDHParis-Geneva, May 15, 2019 – Today marks one year since the beginning of a crackdown on women’s rights defenders in Saudi Arabia. Dozens of women and men have been arbitrarily arrested, detained and still face […]

Tuesday، 21 May، 2019

Film hailing Saudi progress on women’s rights branded ‘dreadful propaganda’

Feminism Saudi-style? ‘Next to every great woman, a man believing in her’

Thursday، 20 December، 2018

‘We are real’: Saudi feminists launch online radio

Saudi feminists launch online radio. Operating out of a small room in an unknown country, a new internet radio station broadcasts a programme aimed at campaigning for greater women’s rights in Saudi Arabia.

Wednesday، 29 August، 2018

Condemned to silence: the situation of women human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia

The report is a far cry from the media frenzy that was caused by the announcement of symbolic reforms, such as that set out in the September 2017 Royal Decree giving Saudi women permission to drive.This report casts a harsh light on the scandalous situation of Saudi women HRDs.

Monday، 16 April، 2018

Condemned to silence: the situation of women human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is well known for the severe limits it imposes on women’s rights – the legal status of the woman being inferior to that of the man – in all fields, even in the simplest acts of daily life.

Thursday، 8 February، 2018

What Saudi Women Need More Than a Driver’s License

Time Earlier this week, I did something perfectly ordinary: I renewed my U.S. driver’s license. That’s something I couldn’t do in my home country of Saudi Arabia because there is no women’s section at the DMV […]

Monday، 9 October، 2017

Saudi Arabia: Confirmation of the conviction of two Saudi Arabian women’s rights defenders, Ms. Wajiha Al-Huwaider and Ms. Fawzia Al-Uyuni, sentenced to ten months imprisonment and a two-year travel ban

Conviction of two Saudi Arabian women’s rights defenders, Ms. Wajiha Al-Huwaider and Ms. Fawzia Al-Uyuni, sentenced to ten months imprisonment and a two-year travel ban.

Monday، 21 October، 2013