Saudi Arabia
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، 2021Saudi 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، 2019Film 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، 2018Condemned 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، 2018Condemned 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، 2018What 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، 2017Saudi 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
