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Saudi Arabia


Saudi Arabia moves to stamp out new human rights NGO
By Amnesty International
01 May 2013

Four founding members of a nascent human rights group in Saudi Arabia have been interrogated and intimidated in their attempt to get their organization off the ground, Amnesty International said.

In recent days, the four men who founded the independent Union for Human Rights in late March have been called in for questioning by the Saudi Arabian authorities and threatened with further interrogation. They remain at risk of being detained at any time. (read more)


Three of the four founders of the Union for Human Rights, a new NGO in Saudi Arabia. © Private
Updates

23 July 2012 "Saudi Shi'ite protests show rise of more radical generation" By Reuters

11 July 2012 "Saudi Shi'ites throng funerals of slain protesters" By Reuters

3 September 2009 "Denied Dignity: Systematic Discrimination and Hostility toward Saudi Shia Citizens," by Human Rights Watch


24 June 2009 "Documents back Saudi link to extremists" by Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times


19 April 2009 "Perpetual Minors: Human Rights Abuses Stemming from Male Guardianship

and Sex Segregation in Saudi Arabia," by Human Rights Watch

22 September 2008 "Discrimination against Muslims in Saudi Arabia," by Christoph Wilcke, The Guardian


22 September 2008 "Shia Minority Treated as Second-Class Citizens," by Human Rights Watch

8 July 2008 "As If I Am Not Human: Abuses against Asian Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia," by Human Rights Watch
 

8 July 2008 "Domestic Workers Face Harsh Abuses," by Human Rights Watch


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