Saudi women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover them up, the news website Bikya Masr reported, in a move that could mark the latest repressive measure taken against women by the Islamic state.
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A prominent half-brother of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has resigned from the Allegiance Council, the body responsible for overseeing succession in the world's top oil exporter, according to his website.
Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz, father of billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal, is ...
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A popular Saudi video blogger was detained this week, along with his crew, after his report on poverty in the kingdom’s capital, Riyadh, was viewed hundreds of thousands of times on YouTube, human rights activists said.
The blogger, Feras Bugnah, was ...
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A Saudi woman has been sentenced to 10 lashes for driving, just days after King Abdullah granted women the right to vote and run for municipal office. A quick look at Saudi Arabia's human rights record.
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The US has classified Saudi Arabia as a violator of religious freedom along with China, Afghanistan, Russia and Pakistan in a new report that names several US allies.
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Human Rights Watch called on Saudi Arabian authorities Sunday to immediately drop charges against prominent Saudi human rights activist Walid Abu al-Khair...
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A Saudi mother was freed after she was briefly arrested in the western city of Jeddah on Wednesday for defying a ban on women drivers, she and her daughter told AFP.
Najla Hariri was arrested while driving to the office of ...
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Saudi security forces killed a gunman early on Saturday after he fired at a checkpoint near the Interior Minister's palace in Jeddah, the state news agency said.
Police said they were unable to confirm whether the incident was militant-related.
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On 27 July 2011 human rights defender Mr Mukhlif Al Shammari was severely beaten until he lost consciousness. Whilst unconscious soldiers at the Al Damman General Prison forced a bottle of Dettol disinfectant down his throat.
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Mukhlif Al Shammari is ...
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Saudi Arabia is said to have drafted counter-insurgency legislation meant to crack down on the pro-democracy opposition.
The London-based Amnesty International asserted that Riyad planned to crack down on dissent in the Gulf Cooperation Council kingdom under the guise of CI ...
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When activists put out the call for a “Day of Rage" in Saudi Arabia on March 11, only one man showed up outside the courthouse in Riyadh.
Khaled Johani, a 40-year-old teacher, told journalists that he knew what was coming for ...
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Saudi Arabia has refused to allow Australian officials to visit a Shepparton man and father of five held in prison in the oil-rich kingdom for almost three weeks after being accused of blasphemy.
The family of Mansor Almaribe – detained in ...
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Shia rights watch condemn closure of the largest Shia mosque in Al-Ahsa, one of the Shia city in Saudi Arabia and ask the government to know that the continuing the discrimination might bring unrest to the country. It is the ...
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Two people have been killed and three wounded by Saudi security forces in Qatif last night.
It broke out during the funeral of two people killed last and raises the death toll to four in Eastern Province since Sunday.
An activist said: ...
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Unrest escalates after Saudi authorities refused to release al-Muheshi’s body
A second youngster died by a police shot on Monday night amid the crackdown of protests in Qatif, which increased the death toll to two within 24 hours. Sources confirmed to ...
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A Saudi lad was killed Sunday night by police fire at a security checkpoint in Qatif. Witnesses told Rasid that Naser al-Muheshi, 19-year old, was seen lain on the ground near a checkpoint at Riyadh Street after being shot by ...
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Five young men were wounded after Saudi security men opened fire nearby two check points located in the center of Qatif city.
Rights sources told Rasid that security men opened fire and injured four young men Monday night. The incident took ...
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In a seminar titled "Ideas in the Criticism of Sectarian Charging" in Saihat city in Qateef Province, Sheikh Faisal al-Awami called for a verdict that criminalizes anyone who tries to inflame the sectarian emotions in the Kingdom, stressing that the ...
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Months have passed since beginning of the Arab Spring and Bahrain still remains the only country that Human Rights issues have minimal representations. People of Bahrain remain under pressure and this sectarian issue escalades to higher levels of inhuman activities ...
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* HRW accuses Saudi Arabia of arresting peaceful protesters
* Says Oct 3 clashes sparked by arrest of two elderly men
* Saudi accused "foreign power" of instigating violence
Human Rights Watch accused Saudi Arabia of arbitrarily arresting peaceful activists in its Eastern ...
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