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We stand against anyone - including any government - having the right to take away someone else’s life. #Deathpenalty buff.ly/lgYXPmr

Today marks eight years since the arrest of Aida al-Ghamdi in #SaudiArabia buff.ly/jNXREME

#ILO Urged to Address #Saudi Labour Rights Complaint buff.ly/H0zRqjN Interesting insights into the workings of #modernslavery in #SaudiArabia

Background to Wednesday's demo in #Newcastle - #Apple facing new forced labour and child labour charges - FreedomUnited.org buff.ly/1ORamCp

The case of #Saudi investor Zaid Asbaih brings to attention the absent rule of law in protecting businesspeople and investors against powerful regime figures despite the involvement of Saudi courts, institutions and local human rights organisations buff.ly/OnHdhWI

How multinational corporations exploit people, labour, and resources in the Global South buff.ly/h8YzPZJ. Join Protest against #Apple in #Newcastle and elsewhere on 1st April

More Africans die fighting for #Russia on the frontline of its war in #Ukraine | Africanews buff.ly/uTzv8YV

Perhaps #MBS would like a #FIFA Peace Price from #Infantino too? #SaudiArabia #GulfWar

ALQST and Gulf Centre for Human Rights deliver oral statements at #UN #HumanRights Council highlighting urgent human rights concerns in #SaudiArabia buff.ly/9yCJg3B

#Tunisia: Opposition activists unjustly jailed - sign Amnesty petition buff.ly/oRhnKy1

Sucked Into War, Gulf Countries Face the Limits of #US Security Guarantees buff.ly/qVuwVtU

#Executions of Egyptian nationals for drug-related crimes in #SaudiArabia buff.ly/grpg2QM Joint report from #HumanRights organisations.

This week in #Newcastle - tomorrow and Saturday

#SaudiArabia gives Iranian military attache and 4 other embassy staffers 24 hours to leave country buff.ly/EFEIFxr The situation worsens...

#Egypt: Prominent activist assaulted in prison: Take action for Mohamed Adel - Amnesty International buff.ly/hJW2tSa

#SaudiArabia is getting bolder at detaining foreign nationals...

Court stops #UK from removal of trafficking survivor - FreedomUnited.org buff.ly/Pmha8EH #modernslavery

#UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention condemns #executions of Egyptian nationals for drug-related crimes in #SaudiArabia | MENA Rights Group buff.ly/EpUR3cM #deathpenalty

#NorthKorea: teenagers ‘executed for watching Squid Game’ as regime wages war on K-Drama and K-Pop buff.ly/bpltn17

Amnesty UK says: No Palantir in our #NHS buff.ly/Vi0501S

Seems he has been proved right!

Pick your favourite #Saudi political prisoner. Wide variety available! ALQST for Human Rights buff.ly/cSMzh6A

Forthcoming meeting on #Burma next week: Burma's Breaking Points: Exploitation in Mon State. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. buff.ly/PnmxZ42 #Myanmar

Sign up for the Amnesty UK training series on Organising for Political Action buff.ly/yt7EEzv

#Humanrights activist #Imran_Al_Arkani is serving an arbitrary 20-year prison sentence since his arrest in October 2021, reportedly for reposting videos related to #prisonersofconscience #SaudiArabia

Another talk at #Newcastle Library exhibition this week - this time on #Syria

#FreeManahel Call for the release of an unjustly imprisoned #women’srights activist. Sign the petition. buff.ly/C4lQc8n

Land Farmers and Futures in #Kashmir buff.ly/dI7cb6O

#London elite hiding #modernslavery behind closed doors buff.ly/Q3KDxqf

#Torture and ill-treatment of #women prisoners amongst other abuses in #SaudiArabia

"The US and several other states, including Argentina, Russia and #SaudiArabia, sought to water down or reopen language drawn verbatim from previous agreements." buff.ly/VK88jul

Tell the government to stop businesses exploiting people and the planet buff.ly/OSBZyuL #modernslavery

At the #Newcastle Paul Piercey exhibition yesterday... We have their #NUFC shirts but where are the owners?? -Abdulrahman al-Sadhan arrested eight years ago to the day and 'disappeared' since October 2021 Nourah-al Qahtani 'disappeared' since resentencing last February. #FreeSadhan #FreeNourah

#Syria - prison collapse that has scattered #Isis families to the winds buff.ly/ptGXFCL

Bloodshed and Lies: #SaudiArabia - Mohammed bin Salman’s Kingdom of #Executions buff.ly/FzxDEaE #deathpenalty

Russia’s deportation and forcible transfer of thousands of Ukrainian children amounts to a crime against humanity, according to the UN Commission of Inquiry. Putin and another Russian official are wanted by the ICC in connection with these allegations:

Fabrizio Romano faces backlash over paid #Saudi 'humanitarian' video buff.ly/ASJEwwj

This event at #Newcastle City Library takes place tomorrow!

UK’s study visa ban for four countries ‘will drive more people to use small boats’

#Women Facing the #DeathPenalty in #SaudiArabia: Invisibility and Structural Injustice buff.ly/MS7J4Au

Well worth reading in detail...

Violence against women and girls is a human rights crisis. But far-right actors are weaponising it to spread racism, Islamophobia and division. This is failing survivors while inflaming hate. Read the full briefing: amn.st/63326hhSJg

#SaudiArabia: retrial and new long-term prison sentence imposed against #humanrights defender Mohammed Saleh al-Bajadi (joint communication) buff.ly/V0R1f2r

#Dyson settles lawsuit after workers allege #modernslavery FreedomUnited.org buff.ly/etQzYHc

#Teneo Propaganda Campaign and Subpoena Evasion: Shielding #SaudiArabia From Accountability buff.ly/dkgCJP6

Call on the #UK Government to abolish citizenship stripping buff.ly/ut85djY

#Iraq: Ensure accountability for killing of women’s rights activist Yanar Mohammed buff.ly/qlTiHrS

One to remember for International Women's Day... #wd2026