Media Aug 1, 2018 Saudi Arabia Detains More Women’s Rights Activists (The Wall Street Journal) – Authorities in Saudi Arabia have detained two women’s rights activists, human-rights groups said Wednesday, broadening a campaign of arrests that has drawn international criticism and…
Press Release Jun 23, 2018 Saudi Arabia Cracks Down on Activists Before Ending the Driving Ban NEW YORK (June 23, 2018) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the Saudi Arabian government for the ongoing crackdown on women’s rights activists. The arrests started on May 15,…
Publication Jun 18, 2018 Who Really Put Saudi Women Behind the Wheel? Feminism terrifies authoritarians. Why else would the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman — the heir-apparent of an absolute monarchy that has ruled since 1932 over a country named after…
Media Apr 11, 2018 Waleed Abulkhair sits in a Saudi jail for speaking out Waleed Abulkhair sits in a Saudi jail for speaking out By Javier El-Hage and Celine Assaf Boustani July 12, 2016 Javier El-Hage and Celine Assaf Boustani are lawyers at the…
Publication Mar 6, 2018 ‘Oh My God’ Turns to ‘Yay Me’ as Saudi Women Practice Driving (The New York Times)–“O.K. Come drive now,” said the trainer. “Oh my God,” the architecture student replied. She climbed into the driver’s seat, put on her seatbelt, found the pedals,…
News Jan 2, 2018 ‘Worrying’ clampdown on human rights: UN condemns Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia faces new calls to release the dozens of people detained since September in what has been condemned as a “worrying” clampdown on human rights.
News Nov 21, 2017 HRF to Nelly: Drop men-only concert in dictatorial Saudi Arabia On December 14, 2017, Nelly is scheduled to take part in a men-only concert sponsored by the Saudi dictatorship’s General Authority for Entertainment.
News Nov 13, 2017 Holding chess championship in Saudi Arabia is a ‘horrible’ move, top players say (The Telegraph) – A raft of top players have now revealed they will boycott the blitz and rapid event, one of the most exciting in the chess calendar, over concerns about safety and human rights in the ultra-conservative regime.
News Nov 6, 2017 The Saudi crown prince just made a very risky power play Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says he’s cracking down on corruption. But the sweeping arrests of cabinet ministers and senior princes Saturday night looked to many astonished Arab observers like a bold but risky consolidation of power.
Press Release Sep 26, 2017 Saudi Activists Succeed in Ending Ban on Women Drivers Previously, Saudi Arabia was the only country in the world that enforced a ban on women drivers. The new policy will be implemented starting on June 24, 2018.
News Jul 19, 2017 Woman Recently Arrested for Wearing a Skirt Crop Top in Public Released Saudi Arabia: The regime have released Khulood, a woman who was arrested after videos appeared online of her strolling through a historic neighborhood in a short skirt and crop top.
News Jul 12, 2016 HRF in the Washington Post Javier El-Hage and Celine Assaf Boustani, members of HRF’s legal team, originally published this piece in The Washington Post. This week marked two years since a Saudi Arabian kangaroo court sentenced human rights lawyer Waleed Abulkhair to 15 years in prison for “inciting public opinion.”
Press Release Jul 6, 2016 Saudi Arabia: HRF Publishes Legal Report on Waleed Abu al-Khair Today marks two years since a criminal court arbitrarily sentenced Saudi Arabian award-winning human rights lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair to 15 years in prison.
Press Release Jan 13, 2016 HRF to Saudi Arabia: End Harassment and Drop Charges Against Samar Badawi Badawi is a prominent Saudi human rights advocate and the former wife of the arbitrarily imprisoned human rights lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair.
Press Release Oct 2, 2015 HRF to Saudi Arabia: Halt Beheading and Crucifixion of Activist Ali Mohammed al-Nim The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the death penalty imposed on Ali Mohammed al-Nimr and urgently calls on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to halt his execution and order a retrial of his case.
Press Release Sep 9, 2015 HRF Urges President Obama to Press Saudi King for Release of Imprisoned Activists Last week, ahead of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud’s visit to the White House, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), with other international human rights organizations and activists, sent a letter to President Obama.
