Saudi Arabia

Saudi Authorities Must Release Women’s Rights Activist Salma al-Shehab (Joint Statement)

We, the undersigned NGOs, call on the international community to press Saudi Arabian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release women’s rights activist and academic Salma al-Shehab, who was recently sentenced to 34 years in prison based on tweets in support

Saudi Arabia: Urgent Appeal to Reverse Mass Dismissals of Yemeni Scholars

Scholars at Risk (SAR) has issued the below letter to Saudi Arabian officials expressing concern over reports that Yemeni scholars and other professionals in Saudi Arabia’s southern provinces are being dismissed from their positions and face deportation from the country.

Release Women’s Rights Activists in Saudi Arabia

Scholars at Risk joins over 50 other human rights organizations in calling for the immediate release of Saudi women’s rights activists including scholar Hatoon Al-Fassi. Hatoon Al-Fassi is an Associate Professor of women’s history at King Saud University who has