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As usual, given the kingdom’s dominant weight in the global oil market, the Saudi role was decisive in the decision taken a week ago by OPEC+, i.e. the expanded OPEC that includes a number of non-OPEC oil-exporting countries, most notably Russia. This decision, which called for the reduction of (…)
Migrant domestic workers in Saudi Arabia routinely suffer abuse derived from the kafala system. Less than half of them are women, who often come from South Asia, work in private households to cook, clean and provide childcare
At least 41 Sri Lankan women, the majority of whom are migrant (…)
In July 2016, a number of Saudi women’s rights activists launched a campaign advocating for the end of the male guardianship system. This system describes a set of laws in Saudi Arabia that position women as life-long minors, with all their life choices determined by a male relative, who could (…)
The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh has warned the Filipino community in Saudi Arabia from holding and attending “unsanctioned” events or gathering with permission from the government following the arrest of some 17 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who attended a Halloween party.
In a report by (…)
Saudi Arabia: Kingdom must be held to account for suppression of dissent, following murder of journalist and widespread arrest of women’s rights defenders
Recognising the fundamental right to express our views, free from repression, we the undersigned civil society organisations call on the (…)
The abduction-torture-murder of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey must have been planned as a kind of perfect crime in which the journalist would mysteriously disappear without a trace. It went “wrong” because the death squad dispatched by the Saudi royal court – which (…)
Scores are leaving Saudi Arabia after “being tortured, sexually and physically abused, even raped by their employers”
A coalition of migrant rights NGOs in Bangladesh, including former maids who were abused, called on the Bangladeshi government to protect its female domestic workers inside (…)
After years of campaigning by women activists, on June 24 the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia will be lifted. It is the most visible of a bundle of recent initiatives taken by the Saudi king and the crown prince , Mohammad bin Salman, to strengthen the role of women in Saudi society. (…)
The undersigned human rights groups call on the Saudi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all human rights defenders arrested in the past two weeks who were detained solely for their support of women’s rights or other peaceful human rights work in Saudi Arabia. We further call (…)
The Saudi ruling elite has relied on US backing, and military support, for its regional policies. But since the Trump administration, none of their regional policies has met with success.
What makes the Middle East distinctive is oil, not Islam. The hydrocarbon wealth of the Arab-Iranian Gulf (…)
The Persian Gulf may be on the brink of a new regional war.
Is a major war about to break out in the Persian Gulf for the fourth time in less than forty years?
For better than two weeks, the world has watched transfixed as Muhammad bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s all-powerful crown prince, has (…)
The high-level purge in Saudi Arabia has more to do with consolidating power than fighting corruption.
Many western analysts have referred to Saudi Arabia’s thirty-two-year old crown prince, Muhammad bin Salman (MBS), as the “de facto ruler” of the Saudi kingdom, acting in the name of his (…)
In the face of irresponsible government policies, an increasing number of Saudi nationals and foreign workers are confronted with unprecedented economic hardship. They won’t stay quiet much longer.
JEDDAH - The vibrant Saudi city and the country’s economic hub. Well, not anymore. It feels a (…)
Trump has already ordered greater US support for the Saudi war effort in Yemen, but the deputy crown prince will be primarily bidding for US backing for his confrontation with Iran.
Many people view Donald Trump as the most dangerous man on the planet, but next week he flies to Saudi Arabia (…)
Thousands of foreign national workers allegedly expelled from country over visa violations and security concerns, as protests over unpaid wages continue.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has expelled almost 40,000 Pakistani migrant workers in the last four months, local media has reported.
Over (…)
Protest movement seeks to end Saudi Arabia law requiring women have permission of a male guardian to travel, marry or do other fundamental tasks.
Thousands of Saudis have signed an online petition calling for the government to abolish the country’s guardianship system, which prevents women (…)
To,
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
Respected King,
WORLD: Open letter from 22 ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ Laureates to the King of Saudi Arabia for freedom of poet Ashraf Fayadh
The poet, art curator and Palestinian refugee Ashraf Fayadh, was sentenced to (…)
Despite Saudi women standing for office for the first time, the country still has a long journey towards gender equality.
Around 900 women will be standing among 7,000 people vying for seats on the county’s 284 local councils.
However, despite finally winning a right in 2015 that British (…)
Why this is important
A 45 year old, unnamed Sri Lankan migrant domestic worker and mother of 3 has been sentenced to death by stoning in Saudi Arabia for “adultery.” Zina - that is any sexual relations outside of marriage - are Hudud crimes or “crimes against God.”
The man in the alleged (…)
Saudi Arabia sentences maid to death by stoning for adultery - but the man she slept with will escape with 100 lashes.
• Sri Lankan maid, 45, was convicted of adultery in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• She was ordered to be pelted to death with stones after admitting crime
• But her lover was (…)
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