Prisoners of Conscience in Saudi Arabia
In Saudi Arabia today, activists are languishing in jail for the crime of wanting a better world. They have been tortured, forced into hunger strikes and sexually assaulted, held in solitary confinement for months on end and separated from their families. Many still await charge years after their arrest, and some have seen their family members and lawyers follow them into prison. At Grant Liberty we work with supporters of some of those prisoners of conscience to campaign for their freedom.
Human Rights Violations
Arbitrary Arrests
and imprisonment without chargesArbitrary Arrests
Many people both men and women have been arrested for not breaking the law but rather to be silenced.
Torture and Ill Treatment
in police custody and prisons is commonTorture and Ill Treatment
Suppression on women’s rights has seen a number of high profile women being imprisoned for campaigning for social justice
Executions
are increasing each yearExecutions
Increasing number of people have been sentenced to death, Saudi Arabia is positioned amongst the top 5 in the world for the number of executions.
Child Prisoners
are tried as adults and terroristsChild Prisoners
Imprisonment, torture and death of minors for peacefully observing protests.Women's Rights
are ignoredWomen's Rights
Suppression on women’s rights has seen a number of high profile women being imprisoned for campaigning for social justice
Human Rights Organisations
are banned for Saudi soilHuman Rights organisations
Non-state-aligned organisations campaigning for basic human rights have been banned from setting up in the country.No freedom of speech
and right to peaceful protestsNo freedom of speech
Many activists, journalists and clerics are behind bars for exercising rights of expression, attending peaceful demonstration and speaking against the oppression of the government against its own citizens.
No sign
No signNo sign
Saudi Arabia has never signed up to UN charter on Human Rights (1948)
The Victims of Human Rights Violations
The Victims of Human Rights Violations
Loujain al-Hathloul is a celebrated human rights activist and former Nobel Prize nominee. She is primarily known for her iconic campaign for the right to drive. Along with several prominent Saudi women’s human rights defenders and activists, Loujain was arrested in May 2018. Since her arrest in March 2018, Loujain has been subjected to threats of sexual assault, torture, prolonged solitary confinement and enforced disappearance, and was recently forced into a hunger strike to secure access to her family, after being subjected to enforced disappearance. Today she has been released from prison, but she is not free. She remains on probation, under a travel ban, and unable to express herself freely.
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