Saudi Arabia has stepped up arrests and trials of peaceful dissidents, and responded with force to demonstrations by citizens. Authorities continue to suppress or fail to protect the rights of 9 million Saudi women and girls and 9 million foreign workers. As in past years, thousands of people have received unfair trials or been subject to arbitrary detention, and public and other executions continue. Human rights defenders and others regularly face trial for peaceful expression or assembly, or for demanding political and human rights reforms.
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Reports
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Denial of Women’s and Girls’ Rights to Sport in Saudi Arabia
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A Human Rights Assessment of Five Years of King Abdullah’s Reforms in Saudi Arabia
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Protection of Migrant Domestic Workers in Asia and the Middle East
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