On 26 January 2010 the Saudi regime-backed religious establishment issued a strongly worded statement signed by 41 extreme Wahhabi clerics supporting al-Ureifi.

 A teenage girl has been sentenced to a 90-lash flogging and two months in prison as punishment for assaulting a teacher, a Saudi judge said in an interview published Sunday.

 Late Thursday night, Saudi authorities released the prominent Shia figure Sayed Mohammad Baqer Al-Nasser after being detained for hour when for performing Jama'a prayer in one of the Sunni mosques.

 On 5 January 2010 the General Intelligence ( al-Mabahith al-Amma ) arrested the Shi'a citizen (Mohammad Iesa al-Labbad) from Awwamiyya town of Qatif under the charge of participating of demonstrations that took place in

 On 2 January 2010 the Saudi security forces in Qatif and Awamia removed all banners and signs fixed on the streets in the occasion of Shi'a holiday of Ashura .

 A U.S. official said on Friday he had no proof that Iran is supporting Shi'ite rebels who have seized some Saudi territory, a position at odds with a Yemeni claim that the rebellion has Iranian backing.

 Human Rights Watch issued its 2010 annual report on January 20 which documents ongoing human rights abuses by the Government of Saudi Arabia

 Saudi Arabia's appointed Shura Council has approved establishing a public defender program, a step that will strengthen the criminal justice system, Human Rights Watch said today. The program approved by the council on January 11, 2010 will appoint a lawyer at the state's expense to any criminal def...

 The cassation court in Mecca should overturn the death sentence imposed on Ali Sabat by a lower court in Medina on November 9 for practicing witchcraft, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on the Saudi government to cease its increasing use of charges of "witchcraft" which remai...

 The United States sees a mixed picture on world religious freedom, with progress in interfaith dialogue weighed against government repression and sectarian strife in many countries.

 Saudi authorities should treat minority Shia Muslims as equal citizens, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Saudi government also should create commissions to investigate arbitrary arrests of Shia and to recommend steps to end systemic state discrimination

 Human rights are a legal statement of what human beings require to live fully human lives. Collectively they are a comprehensive, holistic statement. All human rights—civil, cultural, economic, political and

 Since his accession to the throne in 2005, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abd Al-Aziz has been viewed hopefully, by many Muslims, as a reformer. With wide contacts in the kingdom, we at CIP shared this optimism

  Saudi royalty sanctions official Wahhabi discourse for obvious political reasons.[1] This religious discourse is responsible for closing channels of political debate and delaying the emergence of calls for political reform and participation in the country.

 On 14 December 2009 the General Intelligence (Al-Mabahith Al-'Aamma) of Al-Ahsa called the cleric (Sheikh Mohammad albin Hamdha ) from the town of Hufoof in Al-Ahsa under the charge of financing and supporting the anniversary of birthday of Imam al-Mahdi in the last August .

 According to reliable sources , five Shi'a citizens were arrested by the General Intelligence ( al-Mabahith al-Amma ) on Monday 20 July 2009, and have since been held in incommunicado detention.

 On 17 May 2009 the Saudi security forces of Al-Ahsa arrested the prominent cleric (Sheikh Ali Hussain al-'Ammar) from the village of Buttalia in Al-Ahsa under the charge of financing and supporting the Ta'ziyeh of Imam Hussein (consolation) and religious gatherings in Hussainyats .

 

 Considering that the Charter of the United Nations is based on the principles of the dignity and equality inherent in all human beings, and that all Member States have pledged themselves to take joint and separate action, in co-operation with the Organization,

 Adopted and proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its twentieth session, on 27 November 1978

 The following terms whenever used in this law shall have the meanings assigned to them as follows: Circulation : To put the printed material within the reach of a number of persons by distributing them freely or by offering them for sale or by sticking them to walls or by displaying them on the fr...

 Courts shall apply Shari’ah principles, as derived from the Qur’an and Sunnah (The Traditions of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him) to the cases that are brought before them. They shall also apply laws promulgated by the state that do not contradict the provisions of the Qur’an and Sunnah, and sh...

 As herein used, the phrase “law practice” shall mean representation of third parties before courts of law, the Board of Grievances, and other committees as may be set up pursuant to laws, decrees and decisions to consider the cases falling within their respective jurisdictions. It shall also mean re...

 

 

 This document shows a dismissal of one of the citizens from his work in ARAMCO co. according to the order of the Interior Minister due to sectarian reasons and preventing his petition to come back to his work despite his hard circumstances

 Human Rights Day is the anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on 10 December 1948, one of the most important documents in human history. Drafted by representatives from many

 It was a distinctly un-Saudi affair. The traditionally cautious kingdom, careful to the point where its diplomatic initiatives must be guaranteed to succeed before they are even launched, found itself militarily thrown into the internal conflict in neighbouring Yemen.

 A crucially important conflict, woefully under-reported in the west, has now come to a head in the Middle East. In response to an ongoing fight that could spill out beyond the Arabian peninsula, Saudi Arabia has entered into direct war with the Houthi rebels in northern Yemen.