أعدمت #السعودية يوم الاثنين خمسة مهاجرين إثيوبيين على خلفية جرائم مخدرات لا تشمل القتل إثر محاكمات صُورية. عشرات آخرون مهددون بالمصير نفسه. ينبغي للسعودية احترام التزاماتها بموجب القانون الدولي ووقف هذه الإعدامات فورا. https://bit.ly/4yLcUGN

السعودية: إعدامات جديدة بحق مهاجرين إثيوبيين

السلطات السعودية أعدمت خمسة مهاجرين إثيوبيين في 27 يوليو/تموز 2026 على خلفية جرائم مخدرات لا تشمل القتل ودون مراعاة الأصول القانونية.

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5 Ethiopian migrants were executed on Monday and there may be more executions soon to follow. None of these men received due process. Saudi's allies need to act now to pressure the Saudi govt into halting these executions.

Jan Kooy@kooyjan.bsky.social · last wk.

🚨Terrible news from Saudi Arabia, as 5 Ethiopian migrants have been executed for nonlethal drug-related offenses on July 27, without due process. Since the beginning of 2026, at least 17 Ethiopian nationals have been executed on drug-related charges. New from @hrw.org ⤵️

“Dozens of vulnerable migrants remain at risk of imminent execution after trials that were barely trials at all, in a system that treats their lives as disposable.” - Joey Shea (@joeyshea.bsky.social), senior Saudi Arabia researcher at Human Rights Watch

"Saudi authorities are executing marginalized Ethiopian migrants after court hearings that sometimes barely last a few minutes without a lawyer or a translator.”

🚨Terrible news from Saudi Arabia, as 5 Ethiopian migrants have been executed for nonlethal drug-related offenses on July 27, without due process. Since the beginning of 2026, at least 17 Ethiopian nationals have been executed on drug-related charges. New from @hrw.org ⤵️

Saudi Arabia: New Executions of Ethiopian Migrants

Saudi authorities executed five Ethiopian migrants for nonlethal drug-related offenses on July 27, 2026 without due process.

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🚩NEW: On Monday, Saudi authorities executed 5 Ethiopian migrants for nonlethal drug-related offenses without due process. Urgent action is needed to prevent the unjust executions of dozens more vulnerable migrants who were sentenced to death after grossly unfair trials. www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...

Saudi Arabia: New Executions of Ethiopian Migrants

Saudi authorities executed five Ethiopian migrants for nonlethal drug-related offenses on July 27, 2026 without due process.

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FairSquare and @hrw.org have today written to candidates in the upcoming Manchester mayoral calling on them to publicly commit to engaging with the government of the UAE on its human rights record and support for the abusive Rapid Support Forces in Sudan. fairsq.org/fairsquare-a...

FairSquare and Human Rights Watch call on Manchester mayoral candidates to condemn UAE abuses

FairSquare and Human Rights Watch have today sent a joint letter to candidates standing in the upcoming Manchester mayoral election calling on them to publicly commit to engaging with the Emirati gove...

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Enjoying #TDF2026? There's much more to it than meets the eye... Did you know that the United Arab Emirates back forces who are responsible for terrible atrocities in Sudan? More via @hrw.org / @joeyshea.bsky.social ⤵️ www.hrw.org/news/2026/07... #Sportswashing #TourDeFrance #Pogacar #Cycling

Tour de France Hommes@letour.stadio.top · 2w ago

🇲🇽🇸🇮 It’s always these 2️⃣ ! 🇲🇽🇸🇮 Toujours ces 2️⃣ là ! #TDF2026

Today @hrw.org & @fairsq.bsky.social call on Manchester's mayoral candidates to condemn the UAE's abuses esp the UAE support of RSF in Sudan. Manchester City Council has a close financial relationship with senior figures in the UAE govt in particular Sheikh Mansour. www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...

Joint Letter to Greater Manchester Mayoral Candidates on the United Arab Emirates and Human Rights Concerns

We are writing ahead of the upcoming Greater Manchester mayoral by-election to outline our concerns over links between Manchester City Council and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government, which is r...

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Met 356 executies in een jaar vestigt Saudi-Arabië een triest record. Sinds mensenrechtenorganisatie Human Rights Watch de executies in het land begon te registreren, werden er nooit méér geteld. @joeysheart.bsky.social spreekt namens @hrw.org van een "huiveringwekkende trend".

"Huiveringwekkende trend": in 2025 is recordaantal executies uitgevoerd in Saudi-Arabië | VRT NWS: nieuws

In Saudi-Arabië zijn vorig jaar 356 doodstraffen uitgevoerd. Dat zegt Human Rights Watch. Het is het hoogste aantal sinds de mensenrechtenorganisatie de executies in het land begon te registreren. De ...

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🚩Yesterday Saudi authorities executed Abdullah al-Derazi for alleged crimes committed as a child. Saudi authorities reached two horrific milestones: the 300th execution of 2025 & the 2nd execution of a person accused of committing crimes as a child. @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

Saudi Arabia: Spate of Executions of Child Offenders

Saudi authorities on October 20, 2025, executed a man convicted of alleged crimes committed as a child.

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🚩On @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social, Aziz Ansari said he would donate part of his Riyadh Comedy Fest fee to @hrw.org While HRW cannot accept the donation, it's not too late for him to call for the release of detained Saudi activists Manahel al Otaibi & Waleed Abu al Khair www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

Saudi Arabia: Comedians Silent on Detained Activists

Comedians performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival did not use their public platform to urge Saudi authorities to free unjustly detained Saudi dissidents, journalists, and human rights activists

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"This whitewashing comes amid significant increase in repression... including a crackdown on free speech, which many of these comedians defend but people in Saudi Arabia are completely denied.” - @joeyshea.bsky.social

US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’

Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh festival despite the government’s human rights abuses

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“Instead of using Alaa Abdel Fattah’s release as an opportunity to correct course, Egyptian authorities arbitrarily detained journalist Ismail Iskandarani after a lengthy Orwellian questioning over his Facebook posts.” New from @hrw.org / @amrmagdi.bsky.social ⤵️

Egypt: Journalist Detained over Facebook Posts

Egyptian authorities detained prominent independent journalist Ismail Iskandarani over Facebook posts.

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Migrant workers are the backbone of Saudi Arabia’s renewable energy projects. But our new research shows they are being exploited and dehumanised in the very industry that should symbolise a sustainable future. Read the full report ➡️ www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...

"Terwijl internationale comedians worden uitgenodigd die zich regelmatig uitspreken over het belang van vrijheid van meningsuiting, lopen Saudiërs die hetzelfde doen het risico gevangengezet of geëxecuteerd te worden, zegt HRW."

’s Werelds beroemdste comedians reizen af naar Riyadh. Maar zullen ze álles zeggen?

De komende twee weken komen tientallen wereldberoemde comedians naar Saudi-Arabië voor het Riyadh Comedy Festival. Human Rights Watch roept ze op geen blad voor de mond te nemen.

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🚩Saudi govt is using the Riyadh Comedy Fest to deflect attention from its brutal repression The festival takes place on the 7th anniversary of Khashoggi's murder Lineup includes: Jimmy Carr, Pete Davidson and others @mazjobrani.bsky.social @sammorril.bsky.social www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Comedy Festival Whitewashes Abuses

The Saudi government is using the Riyadh Comedy Festival 2025 from September 26 to October 9 to deflect attention from its brutal repression of free speech and other pervasive human rights violations.

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Saudi authorities executed 241 ppl in 2025: an unprecedented surge without due process The execution of Turki al-Jasser, a journalist who exposed corruption, raises concerns the Saudi govt is using the death penalty to crush peaceful dissent @aalodah.bsky.social @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in 2025

Saudi authorities have been carrying out an unprecedented surge in executions in 2025 without apparent due process.

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GCC countries are exposing migrant workers to yet another deadly summer of extreme heat conditions without adequate protection. Migrant workers are unnecessarily dying, experiencing kidney failure, and suffering from other chronic illnesses. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

Gulf States: Protect Workers from Extreme Heat

Gulf Cooperation Council countries are exposing migrant workers to yet another deadly summer of extreme heat conditions without adequate protection.

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🚩NEW: @hrw.org finds scores of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia died in gruesome yet avoidable workplace accidents like falling from buildings, electrocution& decapitation Deaths are erroneously classified as “natural”&are neither investigated nor compensated www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

Saudi Arabia: Migrant Workers Electrocuted, Decapitated, and Falling to Death at Workplaces

Scores of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia die in gruesome yet avoidable workplace-related accidents, including falling from buildings, electrocution, and even decapitation

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🚩NEW: UAE authorities have designated as “terrorist” 11 political dissidents & relatives as well as 8 companies they own, reflecting the UAE’s indiscriminate use of overbroad counterterrorism laws and contempt for due process. See our new report here: www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

UAE: Dissidents, Relatives Designated ‘Terrorists’

Emirati authorities have designated as “terrorist” 11 political dissidents and their relatives as well as 8 companies they own, reflecting the country’s indiscriminate use of overbroad counterterroris...

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20 human rights groups, including @hrw.org , call on Bulgarian authorities to suspend plans to deport Saudi HRD Abdulrahman al-Khalidi to Saudi Arabia. Bulgarian authorities would violate the Bulgarian, European& international law obligation of nonrefoulement. www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...

Bulgaria: Saudi Activist at Risk of Deportation

Bulgarian authorities should suspend any plans to deport Saudi human rights defender Abdulrahman al-Khalidi to Saudi Arabia, and should allow his resettlement to a third country.

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With talk in Europe now of rearmament and the need for new security structures, it's vital European leaders and institutions keep human rights at the centre of their efforts. Democracy depends on it. My new piece for @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...

Europe’s Democratic Future Depends on Human Rights

It’s been a deeply sobering and troubling few weeks for people who care about the future of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in Europe.

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Earlier this week an Emirati court upheld an abusive 15-year sentence against prominent Emirati human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor. The UAE continues to target a man who courageously stood up to his abusive govt even when very few would dare. www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...

UAE: Ahmed Mansoor’s 15-Year Sentence Upheld

An Emirati court upheld an abusive 15-year sentence on March 4, 2025, against the prominent Emirati human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor, who was convicted following a fundamentally unfair trial.

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🚩NEW: Yesterday a UAE court rejected all appeals by those convicted in the UAE84 unfair mass trial, upholding the unfair convictions & abusive sentences of 53 HRDs & political dissidents. The decision reveals the travesty of the UAE’s justice system. www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...

UAE: Unfair Mass Trial Convictions Upheld

An Emirati court on March 4, 2025, rejected all appeals by people convicted in the United Arab Emirates’ second largest unfair mass trial, upholding the unfair convictions and abusive sentences of 53 ...

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With the #Omnibus published, the Commission sides with giant corporations rather than victims of corporate abuse. Under the pretense of ‘simplification’, the Commission’s guts its own achievements on corporate accountability & abdicates principled leadership in advancing a #sustainable economy.

🚩Trump delivered a keynote address at the Saudi PIF-backed investment summit in Miami, an investment conference used to whitewash Saudi's rights record. PIF investments are a tool of KSA’s influence& help to build uncritical support for MBS’ agenda. www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...

Saudi Arabia: Public Investment Fund Meeting Whitewashes Abuses

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is sponsoring an investment conference in Miami and further whitewashing the country’s egregious human rights record.

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🚩NEW: At the IGF in Riyadh, the UN censored criticism of Saudi Arabia by @linaalhathloul.bsky.social, threatened to revoke my badge & confiscated materials highlighting cases of human rights defenders ⬇️ www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...

UN Censors Criticism of Saudi Arabia at Internet Conference

United Nations officials removed criticisms of the Saudi government from the official record of a UN-organized internet governance conference in Riyadh in December 2024, and retaliated against civil s...

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So grateful to have co-hosted this historic session with @ALQST_En in Riyadh where @LinaAlhathloul spoke virtually about Saudi Arabia’s repression of freedom of expression online and the impacts of the new Cybercrime Treaty on human rights. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Activist tells Saudi-hosted UN forum of 'silencing' of dissent

A Saudi human rights activist appeared via a video link Wednesday at a UN forum in the kingdom to denounce the "silencing" of dissent under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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The Israeli govt has deliberately denied Palestinians in Gaza the bare minimum water needed to survive. This policy of deprivation, resulting in thousands of deaths, is nothing short of the crime against humanity of extermination, and an act of genocide. www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...

Israel’s Crime of Extermination, Acts of Genocide in Gaza

Israeli authorities have intentionally deprived Palestinian civilians in Gaza of adequate access to water since October 2023, most likely resulting in thousands of deaths and thus committing the crime...

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