Waleed Abu Al-Khair

HRD, Lawyer

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Waleed Abu Al-Khair is a lawyer and head of the Monitor of Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, an organisation which monitors and documents human rights violations in Saudi Arabia. The application to register the organisation as a human rights NGO was rejected.

Waleed Abu Al-KhairCases

Waleed Abu Al-Khair ends hunger strike

Violations

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

Location

#Saudi Arabia

UPR Reports

UPR Submission - Saudi Arabia 2018

Rights

#Gender/Women's Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Association #Freedom of Expression #Minority Rights

Violations

#Judicial Harassment #Travel Ban #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

Location

#Saudi Arabia

Statement

Systematic Persecution of Human Rights Defenders in the Gulf

Rights

#Civil & Political Rights

Violations

#Judicial Harassment #Travel Ban #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

Location

#Bahrain #Kuwait #Oman #Qatar #Saudi Arabia #United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Human rights defenders, activists and individuals who criticise government policies or express dissent or diverging opinion to those of the authorities are subjected to harassment, surveillance, arbitrary detention, smear campaigns, prolonged and unfair trials. Family members of HRDs are also targeted and subjected to intimidation and harassment at the hands of the authorities.

#Saudi Arabia