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Urgent Action: TEACHER SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS FOR TWEETS (Saudi Arabia 65.24)
Share: On This Page On May 29, 2024, Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) sentenced 47-year-old teacher, Asaad bin Nasser al-Ghamdi, to 20 years in prison for social media posts…
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Global: FIFA Must Protect Human Rights by Securing Binding Safeguards from 2030 and 2034 World Cup Bidders – New Report
FIFA must rigorously and transparently ensure that bids to host the 2030 and 2034 men’s World Cup tournaments fully safeguard human rights and reject any offer that risks abuses once…
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Report
Playing a Dangerous Game? Human Rights Risks Linked to the 2030 and 2034 FIFA World Cups
This report highlights risks to the hosting of World Cups that must be addressed if FIFA and bidding countries are to prevent human rights violations.
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Global: Executions Soar to Highest Number in Almost a Decade
A total of 1,153 executions took place in 2023, which does not include the thousands believed to have been carried out in China, marking an increase of more than 30%…
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Global: FIFA Must Publish Its Review into Compensation for Workers Harmed Delivering the World Cup in Qatar
Ahead of its annual congress next week FIFA should make public the review it ordered into the organization’s responsibilities to redress human rights abuses related to the 2022 World Cup…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action: MANAHEL AL-OTAIBI SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS IN (Saudi Arabia 14.24)
On January 9, 2024, Saudi Arabia’s infamous Specialized Criminal Court sentenced Manahel al-Otaibi, a 29-year-old fitness instructor and women’s rights activist, to 11 years in prison for “terrorist offenses” in…
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Urgent Action: MANAHEL AL-OTAIBI BEATEN IN DETENTION (Saudi Arabia 14.24)
On April 14, 2024, five months after Saudi authorities forcibly disappeared 29-year-old, Manahel al-Otaibi, she contacted her family for the first time and told them she was being held in…
Press Release
Saudi Arabia: Woman Jailed 11 Years for Online Expression Supporting Women’s Rights
Saudi authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Manahel al-Otaibi and all those currently detained in the kingdom for the peaceful exercise of their human rights.
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Press Release
FIFA Sponsorship Deal with Saudi Aramco Covering World Cups Raises Human Rights Concerns
World football could be dogged by human rights violations unless action is taken to address Saudi Arabia's atrocious human rights record.
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Amnesty International USA’s 2024 Lobby Day: Fighting for the SAFEGUARD Act
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Saudi Arabia: Repressive Draft Penal Code Shatters Illusions of Progress and Reform
Amnesty International's analysis of the leaked draft code reveals it is essentially a manifesto for repression that would entrench human rights violations and suppress freedoms.
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Report
Manifesto for Repression: Saudi Arabia’s Forthcoming Penal Code Must Uphold Human Rights in Line with International Law and Standards
Amnesty International analyzed a leaked version of the draft penal code, and it does not protect human rights, but rather codifies and entrenches existing problematic judicial practices.
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