Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen over weapons shipment it claims UAE sent to separatists. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Saudi Arabia is weaponising its anti-cybercrime law to silence free expression. Arresting six people for “provoking public opinion” and threatening them with 5 years in prison and $800k fines. www.ft.com/content/e8e2...

We recently held our Annual Conference, bringing together experts to discuss strategies for countering rights abuses in Saudi Arabia. Read some of the highlights here: ➡️ alqst.org/en/post/alqs... And watch the video here: ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nf8... Thanks to all who spoke and attended!

Rights groups condemn new record number of executions in Saudi Arabia. At least 347 people have now been put to death this year, up from a total of 345 in 2024. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Childbirth under attack: how women and babies became targets in conflicts around the world. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The images deleted on Saturday without explanation included a document showing one of Epstein’s desks in which two photographs of Trump were visible. @FT www.ft.com/content/a1a1...

The Israeli military killed six Palestinians, including a baby, who were in a school that sheltered displaced people in Gaza City on Friday. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Two Palestinian men have told the BBC they personally experienced the kind of beatings and sexual abuse highlighted in recent reports into the treatment of prisoners in Israeli detention. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Colombian mercenaries in Sudan ‘recruited by UK-registered firms’ | Conflict and arms - a paramilitary group responsible for mass rapes, ethnic slaughter and the systematic killing of women and children. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Saudi Arabia’s 2034 World Cup stadium plans face delays and cost-cutting. ‘several architecture firms awarded contracts to build stadiums in Saudi have been asked to resubmit plans because their designs have been deemed too expensive.’ www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Israel military chief announced on Monday that the 'yellow line', drawn up by the October ceasefire plan, was a 'new border' for Israel. This line has become a lethal boundary, preventing Palestinians entering an area representing 58% of their territory. www.theguardian.com/world/video/...

Jimmy Carr “loved” his comedy gig in Saudi Arabia. Of course he did — he has a return ticket ⁦- ‬⁩ ‘Performing 'free speech' in a country where speaking freely can cost you your life isn't brave - it's hypocrisy.’ www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Europe is a continent soaked in economic pessimism. Until we change that, the far right will rise and rise | Owen Jones www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What is ‘home’ now? A woman’s two-year search for safety in the ruins of Gaza. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Welcome to the twilight zone where Nigel Farage can be accused of racism yet still lead the polls. After weeks of allegations of schoolboy racism, the Reform leader is doubling down. And our political establishment is allowing it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites. He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

Saudi Arabia ‘sets new death penalty record in a year’. Riyadh breaks its own record for death sentences carried out annually, with 340 executions, according to AFP tally. www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-a...

A Mother’s Fight to Free Her Daughter From Saudi Arabia Many single moms and their children are trapped there. She was adamant that her daughter wouldn’t be among them. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...

#FiLiA2025: The State as Perpetrator of Violence Against Women, with chair Brownyn Winter & @maryamaldossari.bsky.social, Clarice Saadi, Ninotchka Rosca, @atenadaemi.bsky.social, with interpreter Tooba Zakipoor, & Froha Poya; @unsrvaw.bsky.social sent a statement. 📺 youtu.be/o7CLnIVfbHI #16Days

The Palestinian embassy in London was defaced with “I love the IDF” stickers as masked Zionists surrounded the building, waving Israeli flags and Union Jacks in an aggressive act of political intimidation. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on. Since ceasefire was announced on 10 October, Israeli forces have killed more than 360 Palestinians in Gaza. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Join us for our 2025 Annual Conference on human rights in Saudi Arabia! ⏱️ Friday 12 December 🔈 English and Arabic 🙇🏻‍♂️🖥️ Attendance available in-person or via livestream Featuring a distinguished group of experts. 👈🏻 Register (if in-person) here: www.eventbrite.com/e/alqsts-202...

[email protected], ALQST Board Member, National Assembly Party spokesperson, and Royal Holloway lecturer, will be speaking at our annual conference next week. She'll be focusing on Saudi activists and their vital role in the human rights field. www.eventbrite.com/e/alqsts-202...

Julia Legner, ALQST's Executive Director, will be speaking at our annual conference next Friday, sharing insights on ALQST’s journey and mission ahead. Register for in-person attendance here: www.eventbrite.com/e/alqsts-202...

Book your place! Going fast!! - Black Feminist Resistance: Empire, Settler Colonialism and Global Solidarity - a 16 Days of Activism event @SBSisters www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-femi...

Saudi Arabia’s Violence Against Women Isn’t Culture — It’s Policy Read Saudi academic and ALQST Board Member @maryamaldossari.bsky.social's latest article on the reality facing women inside Saudi Arabia. alqst.org/en/post/saud...

. @sbsisters.bsky.social are organising a public meeting on Black Feminist Resistance on 10 Dec in central London. Please book asap as hall capacity is smaller than expected numbers. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-femi...

It is easy to call Saudi Arabia “the place to be” when you have a return ticket; the women who live its reality do not… 'The lie moves freely; the truth is detained at the border.' morningstaronline.co.uk/article/saud...

Under campaigns like #FreeYourFace they circulate melodramatic tales of Saudi women fleeing Sharia — stories that, to anyone who actually grew up in the kingdom, read like bad fiction…But accuracy is beside the point. - Read here ⬇️ morningstaronline.co.uk/article/saud...

This is such a good piece. Really recommend reading it

"Saudi women do not need rescuing by those who misunderstand them; they need the world to stop helping the state drown them out." On International Day for the #EliminationofViolenceAgainstWomen, read @maryamaldossari.bsky.social's latest piece. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/saud...

‘Saudi women do not need rescuing by those who misunderstand them; they need the world to stop helping the state drown them out. On this day, the most radical act is painfully simple: listen — and finally hear the voices the regime has spent decades trying to bury.’

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women,I wrote: When Donald Trump declared that Mohammed bin Salman had done ‘incredible things for human rights,’Saudi women could be forgiven for wondering what country he was talking about. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/saud...

'The Saudi bourgeoisie celebrates the American president’s remarks as a license to escalate their abuses...' Here, 'Saudi Whisperer' speaks about the terrible effect of Trump's support on dissenters. Don't let her courage go unheard! saudiwhisperer.substack.com/p/americas-b...

The gaslighting is relentless:Saudi Arabia is changing, women are thriving, empowerment is the new norm. And because loyalty is the currency of their privilege, they take on the regime’s dirtiest work:attacking dissidents, dismissing critics, and teaching ordinary women to doubt their own suffering.

“It’s painful” to see MBS “received like a hero and have the red carpet rolled out by Trump”, says Abdullah al-Oudah a Saudi activist whose father, a prominent cleric, has been detained since 2017. on.ft.com/4a5YlDC

“I am the one who is regularly called a ‘fucking Paki’ and told to ‘go back home’.” She knows – better than virtue-signalling white people – what the trenches actually look like. And so she must protect immigrants by hurting them.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Israel kills over 300 Palestinians in nearly 500 violations of Gaza ceasefire. www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...

The Trump administration is enabling and exploiting the Saudi regime's repression. Following Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Washington, read the latest article from ALQST founder Yahya Assiri in @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social. dawnmena.org/the-trump-ad...

Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia – podcast | X | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

'We can't sleep because of the cold': displaced Palestinians worry about winter – video. www.theguardian.com/world/video/...

What happened to Jamal Khashoggi? Trump resurfaces memories of journalist’s brutal murder. President’s claim that Mohammed bin Salman had nothing to do with 2018 killing contradicts US intelligence. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Saudi Arabia releases US retiree jailed over critical tweets. Almadi, 75, was sentenced to 19 years of incarceration in the kingdom in 2021 after he wrote 14 tweets critical of the Riyadh government. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Saudi Prince Mohammed is being lavished with praise by Trump. It’s clear why. ‘Autocrats like Prince Mohammed are eager to benefit from Trump’s brazen effort to use the presidency to enrich himself and his family.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump shrugged off Khashoggi’s killing. This is a new low. " Jamal Khashoggi was dismembered in a Saudi consulate. The president says ‘things happen’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump and Mr Bone Saw stage love-in as Saudi’s $1tn wipes the bloody slate clean. ‘In a gruesome coda, it later emerged, the Saudi agents dismembered Jamal Khashoggi body with a bone saw in order to dispose of the evidence.’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

President Trump brushed aside a reporter’s question about the role Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, played in the death and dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist in 2018. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

A senior official in Mohammed bin Salman’s entourage, has previously been accused by US prosecutors of playing a central role in a conspiracy to infiltrate Twitter and identify users who were posting critically about the Saudi regime. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

'Things happen' - Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits the United States today, his first since he approved the #JamalKhashoggi killing. See our statement with NGO partners, calling on the US government to address #SaudiArabia’s rights abuses during the visit. alqst.org/en/post/join...