ADHRB Welcomes UN Rights Experts’ Call for Release of Saudi Women’s Rights Activists

29 June 2018 – Two days ago, nine United Nations Special Rapporteurs released a joint statement urging Saudi Arabia to immediately release several women’s right defenders arrested for their activism throughout the kingdom in late May 2018. In their statement, these independent human rights experts condemned the arrests and iterated their concerns over the continued[…]

ADHRB at HRC38 Raises Concerns about Women’s Rights and Executions in Saudi Arabia

On Thursday 28 June, at the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Ali Adubisi delivered an oral intervention on behalf of ADHRB and the European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights under Agenda Item 5. The Director of the European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights (ESOHR), he spoke about the ongoing human rights[…]

ADHRB at HRC38 Highlights Saudi and Emirati Reprisals Against Activists For UN Cooperation

On Thursday 28 June, at the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, ADHRB delivered an oral intervention during the Council’s Item 5 General Debate, raising concerns about Gulf Cooperation Council reprisals against activists for the work with, and engagement with, the UN and its bodies and mechanisms. In particular, the intervention looked[…]

ADHRB Condemns the Deterioration in Saudi Arabia’s Human Rights Environment

On Wednesday 27 June, at the 38th session of the Human Rights Council and under Agenda Item 4, Duaa Dhainy delivered an oral intervention on behalf of ADHRB and in cooperation with the European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights. In her intervention, Duaa noted the deterioration in the rights situation in Saudi Arabia and the[…]

HRC38 Item 3 GD Oral Intervention: Restrictions on Free Expression in Saudi Arabia and the UAE

On Monday 25 June, during the Item 3 General Debate at the 38th session of the Human Rights Council, ADHRB’s Saudi Advocacy Associate Tyler Pry delivered an oral intervention highlighting restrictions on freedom of expression and opinion in the Gulf Cooperation Council states, in particular Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Pry especially noted[…]