“They Fired on Us Like Rain”
Saudi Arabian Mass Killings of Ethiopian Migrants at the Yemen-Saudi Border
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia spends billions of dollars hosting major entertainment, cultural, and sporting events to deflect from the country’s poor human rights record. Saudi Arabia has announced important reforms, but the repression of independent civil society and critical voices impedes any attempt at reform. Scores of human rights activists and dissidents are in prison or on trial for their peaceful criticism. Authorities failed to hold high-level officials accountable for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. The Saudi and UAE-led coalition continue their military campaign against the Houthi armed group in Yemen which has included unlawful airstrikes that have killed and wounded thousands of civilians
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Refugees and MigrantsThe United States and other Western allies have all but rubber-stamped Saudi Arabia’s repression at home and abroad. Repeated U.S. failures to hold Saudi Arabia to account for a litany of human rights violations has emboldened the Saudi government, allowing it to act with unbridled impunity as abuses grow ever more horrifying.
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Middle East and North Africa: End Curbs on Women’s Mobility
Male Guardianship Rules Hamper Travel, Other Movement
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Saudi Arabia: Law Enshrines Male Guardianship
Personal Status Law Discriminates Against Women in Marriage, Divorce, Custody
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Ethiopia: Returned Tigrayans Detained, Abused
Saudi Arabia Should Stop Deporting Tigrayan Migrants to Ethiopia
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Biden Is Letting Saudi Arabia Get Away With Murder, Again
Riyadh’s forces are killing defenseless Ethiopian migrants at its border, and Washington and its allies don’t seem to care.
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It Is Beyond Time for the UN Rights Council to Take Action on China, India and on Rights Violations at Borders
HRW Oral Statement - Item 2 General Debate - HRC54
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Saudi Arabia: Investment Fund Linked to Abuses
Human Rights Watch Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee on Investigations
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Testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations
Hearing on Human Rights Abuses Related to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund
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Saudi Arabia: Man Sentenced to Death for Tweets
Peaceful Criticism on Social Media Brings Death Penalty
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Saudi Arabia: Mass Killings of Migrants at Yemen Border
Systematic Abuses of Ethiopians May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity
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Saudi Arabia: Psychiatrist Jailed after Salary Dispute
Likely Unfair Trial, Arbitrary Detention on ‘Terrorism’ Charges
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Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
45th Session of the UN Universal Periodic Review
