Saudi Arabia Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/saudi-arabia/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:07:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Saudi Arabia Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/saudi-arabia/ 32 32 59910430 UPDATE: Salma al-Shehab released from Saudi Arabian jail https://concernedscientists.org/2025/02/update-salma-al-shehab-released-from-saudi-arabian-jail/ Wed, 12 Feb 2025 04:55:19 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10500 Leeds University PhD student Salma al-Shehab was imprisoned in 2021 and sentenced to serve 34 years in prison after retweeting some posts that were disliked by the government. She has been released and reunited with her family. Salma al-Shehab was arrested in 2021 on holiday in Saudi Arabia after posting tweets supporting women’s rights. Continue […]

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]]> 10500 Teacher in Saudi Arabia Sentenced to Twenty Years in Prison for Tweeting https://concernedscientists.org/2024/07/teacher-in-saudi-arabia-sentenced-to-twenty-years-in-prison-for-tweeting/ Sun, 14 Jul 2024 23:27:38 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10392 Asaad al-Ghamdi was convicted of supporting terrorism based on his peaceful social media posts. His twenty-year sentence follows the death sentence to his brother Mohammed al-Ghamdi in 2023. These sentences are viewed as retaliation against the third brother – an Islamic Scholar and a critic of the Saudi government, Saeed bin Nasser al-Ghamdi, living in […]

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]]> 10392 Saudi Arabia Sentences Retired School Teacher to Death for Tweeting https://concernedscientists.org/2023/09/saudi-arabia-sentences-retired-school-teacher-to-death-for-tweeting/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 17:18:49 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9996 Saudi Arabia sentenced 54-year-old retired schoolteacher Muhammad al-Ghamdi to death for posting criticisms of the Saudi government for corruption and human rights violations to social media. https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/saudi-arabia-ludicrous-death-sentence-against-retired-teacher-tweets-must-be-quashed

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]]> 9996 Saudi Arabia Sentences Leeds University Student to 34 Years in Prison for Using Twitter https://concernedscientists.org/2022/08/saudi-arabia-sentences-leeds-university-student-to-34-years-in-prison-for-using-twitter/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 01:28:48 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9636 Upon visiting Saudi Arabia on vacation, Leeds University PhD student and mother of two children, Salma al-Shehab was arrested in 2021 for allegedly re-tweeting some posts that were disliked by the government. She was initially sentenced to three years, but this past month an Appeals Court sentenced her to 34 years in prison followed by […]

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]]> 9636 Saudi Arabia Fires Yemeni Scholars and Medical Professionals For No Public Reason, Risking A Humanitarian Crisis https://concernedscientists.org/2021/09/saudi-arabia-fires-yemeni-scholars-and-medical-professionals-for-no-public-reason-risking-a-humanitarian-crisis/ Sun, 26 Sep 2021 19:14:21 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9321 Numerous Yemeni scholars, academics, and medical professionals have, since July 2021, been terminated without just cause from their jobs in southern Saudi Arabia. This termination leaves them with the impossible choice of either returning to their war-torn home country or attempting to relocate, yet again, to another country. Saudi Arabia: Urgent Appeal to Reverse Mass […]

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]]> 9321 US Citizen, Physician, Imprisoned in Saudi Arabia Since 2017 https://concernedscientists.org/2020/01/us-citizen-physician-imprisoned-in-saudi-arabia-since-2017/ Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:59:59 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7802 Dr. Walid Fitaihi was arrested in 2017 and held without charges for 21 months. Initially, he was held at the Ritz Carlton hotel for the first three months and then transferred to a prison south of Riyadh. In January 2019, he was transferred to a different prison. Fitaihi is being tried on vague charges linked […]

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]]> 7802 CCS Asks New Saudi King to Reconsider Badawi Case https://concernedscientists.org/2018/04/ccs-asks-new-saudi-king-to-reconsider-badawi-case/ Fri, 27 Apr 2018 19:43:52 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6933 Crown Prince Salman has become the new King of Saudi Arabia with a more progressive view of government and his country.  With this in mind, the Committee of Concerned Scientists have approached the new King requesting that he review the Badawi case and consider dropping his charges and releasing him from confinement.  The King’s views […]

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]]> 6933 Raif Badawi Awarded Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism by the Los Angeles Press Club https://concernedscientists.org/2018/04/raif-badawi-awarded-daniel-pearl-award-for-courage-and-integrity-in-journalism-by-the-los-angeles-press-club/ Tue, 17 Apr 2018 01:36:42 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6891 Raif Badawi, Saudi Arabian blogger, imprisoned since 2012 for “insulting Islam,” will be recognized by the Los Angeles Press Club with the Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism. His wife will accept this award for him on June 24. The Press Club President, Chris Palmeri, said the press club is demanding Badawi’s […]

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]]> 6891 CCS Requesting Saudi Arabia to Review Sentence for Mohammad Al-Qathani https://concernedscientists.org/2017/11/ccs-requesting-saudi-arabia-to-review-of-sentence-for-mohammad-al-qathani/ Wed, 29 Nov 2017 02:28:07 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6470 Economics Professor who co-founded the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association that encourages the Saudi Kingdom to comply with the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Professor al-Qathani, after a 10-year travel ban, was convicted of planting seeds of sedition, breaking allegiance with the ruler, […]

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]]> 6470 Raif Badawi Still In Jail in Saudi Arabia for Critical Blog https://concernedscientists.org/2017/11/raif-badawi-still-in-jail-in-saudi-arabia-for-critical-blog/ Wed, 29 Nov 2017 01:08:38 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6459 Raif Badawi still in jail in Saudi Arabia for a blog critical of the Saudi Arabian government. It was a non-violent expression of his opinion that led to a sentence of 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes. The Committee of Concerned Scientists has written the new leader of Saudi Arabia in hopes that he will […]

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