Judging by the list of people Saudi Arabian courts sentenced in recent weeks, the kingdom seems to be struggling to determine which forms of religious expression are and are not “criminal.” Last week, a Saudi court sentenced Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh to death for apostasy. Saudi Arabia’s religious police arrested Fayadh at a cafe in[…]
25
Nov
Nov
إضغط هنا لنسخة عربية 25 November 2015 – Award-winning photographer Sayed Ahmed al-Mousawi was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison and had his nationality revoked, along with 12 others, after covering a series of demonstrations in early 2014. Security forces detained Al-Mousawi for over a year without trial or official charges, accused him of being a part[…]
24
Nov
Nov
Bahrain | Updates from the Ground | News & Opinion Saudi Arabia | Other Gulf States | UN Complaint Program Bahrain European Parliament urges Bahrain’s King to lift Nabeel Rajab’s travel ban, drop charges On 19 November 2015, European Parliament member Mr. Pier Antonio Panzeri, along with 80 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), issued a letter to Bahrain’s King[…]
23
Nov
Nov
Dr. Mohammed al-Roken, a human rights defender and lawyer from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is currently serving a ten-year prison sentence as a result of a mass trial of 94 human rights defenders and political activists in the UAE. Before his conviction, Dr. al-Roken served as one of the defense lawyers at the trial[…]
20
Nov
Nov
20 November 2015 – Allegations that French company Etienne Lacroix had violated human rights provisions of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Organizations merit further investigation, the National Contact Point (NCP) of the OECD in Paris, France announced today. The NCP offered services to Etienne Lacroix and the complainant, Americans for Democracy &[…]
