The executions in 2025 of Jalal Labbad and Abdullah al-Derazi raise grave fears for other child defendants at imminent risk of execution.
Sign the petition calling on #SaudiArabia's authorities to quash their death sentences.
www.globalcitizen.org/en/action/sa...
While the Saudi Tourism Authority works to attract tourists to the country with its “#VisitSaudi” campaign, there are many Saudis under travel bans who are barred from leaving.
Read about our campaign highlighting the human rights reality on the ground:
www.alqst.org/en/post/alqs...
Al-Hathloul should be allowed to attend such an exhibition, yet she remains under an arbitrary travel ban with no end date.
The Saudi authorities must end this unlawful practice and lift the travel bans arbitrarily imposed on al-Hathloul, her family, and many others. #LetThemFly
Opening TODAY: an exhibition by artist Paul Piercy at Newcastle City Library showcasing human rights defenders from across the world.
Among those featured is one of Saudi Arabia’s most celebrated women's rights advocates, Loujain al-Hathloul.
For more:
northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/illu...
There's a huge disconnect between Saudi Arabia’s carefully curated international image and the harsh human rights reality on the ground.
Our campaign urges those thinking of visiting the kingdom to be aware of this contradiction, and not to whitewash abuses.
alqst.org/en/post/alqs...
UN experts including the UN Special Rapporteur on HRDs @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social have sent a communication to the Saudi authorities expressing their utmost concern about the retrial and 25-year prison sentence imposed against HRD Mohammed al-Bejadi.
#FreeAlBejadi
srdefenders.org/saudi-arabia...
UN Committee on NGOs: Civil society organisations call for competitive elections.
Over 70 CSOs have issued a call urging UN regional groups to field more candidates than available seats for the elections to the Economic and Social Council's Committee on NGOs in April.
https://ow.ly/SrUH50YgVlT
Over 50k have now signed the petition calling for the release of Manahel al-Otaibi. #FreeManahel
She's a fitness instructor sentenced by #Saudi authorities to five years in prison for her activism.
✒️ Add your name here:
www.globalcitizen.org/en/action/re...
Eight years ago today, Saudi political cartoonist Mohammed al-Ghamdi (pen name: Al Hazzaa) was arrested in connection with his work.
He was later sentenced to 23 years in prison.
Saudi authorities must #FreeAlHazzaa now.
➡️ alqst.org/en/political...
Read Jennifer Holleis' latest piece in Deutsche Welle around Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 overhaul.
Featuring comments from our Executive Director Julia Legner.
www.dw.com/en/saudi-ara...
Today, #SaudiArabia's authorities announced the execution of two more Egyptian nationals- Osama Abdel Hamid Mohammed and Ashraf Mohammed Ali Obaid- for drug-related offences.
Since July 2024, at least 36 Egyptians have been executed for such non-violent offences.
As Prince William speaks with carefully selected Saudi women about reforms, a reminder that women in the country still face systemic discrimination, and are targeted for arrest and prosecution.
Read @maryamaldossari.bsky.social article on the reality.
alqst.org/en/post/saud...
At least 356 people were executed in #SaudiArabia in 2025, surpassing the previous year’s record total.
More than half were for non-lethal drug offences committed by foreign nationals.
Read about this regressive trend in our latest annual report:
alqst.org/en/post/stil...
Behind the glittering façade of today’s Saudi Arabia major human rights concerns persist.
Read our latest Annual Report, unpacking recent developments, out now:
alqst.org/en/post/stil...
At least 356 people were executed in #SaudiArabia in 2025, surpassing the previous year’s record total.
More than half were for non-lethal drug offences committed by foreign nationals.
Read about this regressive trend in our latest annual report:
alqst.org/en/post/stil...
🚩 Behind the glittering façade of today’s Saudi Arabia major human rights concerns persist.
Read our latest Annual Report out now, unpacking recent developments.
alqst.org/en/post/stil...
After the highest execution toll ever recorded in Saudi Arabia in 2025 (356), the soaring rate of executions shows no sign of slowing down in 2026.
30 individuals have been executed so far, raising fears for the lives of many others currently on death row.
#NoDeathPenalty
ALQST founder Yahya Assiri: “This ruling is a true victory, not only for Ghanem, who endured years of patience and suffering, but for all of us and for the cause of human rights”.
Read about Ghanem al-Masarir's victory in @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-high...
With the Financial Times' latest report on the scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s Neom megacity, look back at our briefing paper on the wide range of concerns regarding the project.
alqst.org/en/post/neom...
In December, Saudi authorities executed Egyptian national Essam al-Shazly for non-lethal drug-related offences, after a grossly unfair trial.
Read his heartbreaking story here, one of many foreign nationals to suffer this fate:
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
We’re launching a new "Analysis” series, which draws on our expertise and unique Saudi perspectives to explore and contextualise the human rights issues we monitor.
Our first piece examines a recent trend: the wave of prisoner releases in Saudi Arabia.
alqst.org/en/post/anal...
Saudi Arabia's authorities are carrying out executions at horrifying, record levels.
For those in the UK, sign this petition calling on the government to use its influence to press Saudi Arabia to impose a moratorium on the use of the death penalty.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
During our annual conference, James Lynch (@lynchj.bsky.social), founding co-director of FairSquare (@fairsq.bsky.social), speaks about transnational repression in the UK and the limitations of the British state’s reliance on the police to respond to such acts.
We're looking for a Digital Content Volunteer to help ensure our human rights work reaches wider audiences.
Interested in digital media and keen to get hands-on experience in the human rights sector? We'd love to hear from you.
Further details here:
alqst.org/en/jobs
A Kuwaiti criminal court yesterday sentenced Salman al-Khalidi to 15 years in prison and deportation after serving the sentence.
He faces a number of "state security" charges including “openly mocking the royal family through images" and “insulting the authority of the emirate”.
Saudi authorities executed at least 356 people in 2025, surpassing the previous year’s record total to set a grim new milestone for the kingdom.
More than half of the executions were for non-lethal drug offences committed by foreign nationals.
Read our summary:
alqst.org/en/post/high...
Today #Saudi authorities executed three more Somali men in Najran.
Since February 2025 at least 42 Somali nationals have been executed in #SaudiArabia, all for “smuggling hashish”, following a pattern of abuses suffered during detention and trial.
Others remain on death row.
With today’s execution of three more Saudi men on “terrorism” charges, #SaudiArabia's authorities have already executed seven individuals in 2026.
2025 saw the highest figure of executions (356) in recent Saudi history.
#NoDeathPenalty
Saudi aid worker Abdulrahman al-Sadhan remains forcibly disappeared, serving 20 years for peaceful satire on @X.
Over 15k have now signed the petition calling for his release. #FreeSadhan
Add your name here:
www.globalcitizen.org/en/action/sa...
We recently held our Annual Conference, bringing together experts to discuss strategies for countering rights abuses in Saudi Arabia.
Read some of the highlights here:
➡️ alqst.org/en/post/alqs...
And watch the video here:
➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nf8...
Thanks to all who spoke and attended!
