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But the legal system in Saudi Arabia is tricky to navigate and full of pitfalls for tourists unfamiliar with life on the Arabian Peninsula or the government's version of Shariah, or Islamic...
A surprising set of social reforms have granted women freedoms previously prohibited under Saudi Arabia’s strictly enforced Islamic law.
Saudi Arabian authorities must stop abusing the justice system as a tool to persecute human rights defenders for their legitimate work, starting by ending their campaign against all those detained, sentenced, on trial or awaiting charges solely for exercising their right to express themselves freely or conduct peaceful activism, and immediately ...
The Saudi Arabian authorities continue to deny access to independent human rights organizations like Amnesty International, and they have been known to take punitive action, including through the courts, against activists and family members of victims who contact us.
Welcome to a fascinating journey through the legal landscape of Saudi Arabia! In this eye-opening video, we delve into 15 of the most peculiar and downright ...
Saudi Arabia's justice system is based on medieval religious texts interpreted by judges trained only in Islamic law. The result is a system of harsh punishments, bizarre prohibitions and...
In May, the Saudi Human Rights Commission confirmed in a letter to Amnesty International that: “the application of the death penalty on juveniles for ta’zircrimes has been completely abolished”. Ta’zircrimes are those for which the death penalty is not mandated under Islamic law.
