On October 20th 2025, Abulallah al-Derazi was executed by the Saudi Arabian government. Al-Derazi was convicted on terrorism charges and sentenced to death in 2018, on the basis of a torture tainted confession. He was arrested in 2018, for having participated in protests in al-Qatif against the government’s unfair treatment of the Shia minority in[…]
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The undersigned organisations are deeply concerned by an alarming escalation in executions in Saudi Arabia, in which authorities implemented in the past weeks the execution of Abdullah al-Derazi, who was a child at the time of his alleged crimes, and two Egyptian nationals, Mohamed Saad and Omar Sherif, who were sentenced to death for non-lethal[…]
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In June of 2025, Saudi Arabia announced its decision to abolish the Kafala system. This announcement forms part of the Saudi Vision 2030 Initiative, and claims to replace the previous sponsorship framework with a contractual employment model, better reflecting modern labour standards. If implemented appropriately, this decision would represent a significant development in human rights[…]
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In 2005, in order to monitor human rights in Saudi Arabia, a royal decree established the creation of a Human Rights Commission. Presented as an independent body, its task was to hold the country’s government accountable. Twenty years after its creation, however, it can be said with certainty that this body does not serve the[…]
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On 2 August 2025, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an intervention during the 60th session of the Human Rights Council, under Item 9. ADHRB highlighted the systematic persecution of Shia citizens in Saudi Arabia and called for an end to sectarian discrimination, the release of detainees, freedom of religious practice,[…]
