Saudi Arabia: Law Enshrines Male Guardianship
Personal Status Law Discriminates Against Women in Marriage, Divorce, Custody

Saudi Arabia spends billions of dollars hosting major entertainment, cultural, and sporting events as a deliberate strategy to deflect from the country’s image as a pervasive human rights violator. Scores of human rights activists and dissidents remain in prison or on trial for their peaceful criticism. Authorities failed to hold high-level officials accountable for suspected involvement in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. Through 2021, the Saudi-led coalition continued a military campaign against the Houthi rebel group in Yemen that has included scores of unlawful airstrikes that have killed and wounded thousands of civilians.
Personal Status Law Discriminates Against Women in Marriage, Divorce, Custody
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Arbitrary Travel Bans, Incommunicado Detention, Secret Appeal Hearing
New Human Rights Watch Campaign Against Whitewashing Rights Violations
Victory for Players Promoting Women’s and LGBT Rights in Sport
Court Ignored Allegation He Confessed to Drug Charge Under Torture
Personal Status Law Discriminates Against Women, Lacks Rights Defenders’ Input
Personal Status Law Discriminates Against Women in Marriage, Divorce, Custody
Court Session to Rule on Renewed Arms Sales Despite Laws of War Violations in Yemen
'Consequences' for Saudi Actions Are All Rhetoric, No Action