Saudi Arabia: Rights Groups Blocked From Operating

Email Saudi officials have been refusing to register human rights groups, leaving members subject to criminal prosecution for “setting up an unregistered organization.” Saudi authorities should stop blocking the registration of human rights organizations and other independent groups and pass an associations law that gives groups the right to operate without undue government interference. (Beirut) – Saudi officials have been refusing to register human rights groups, leaving members subject to criminal prosecution for “setting up an unregistered organization.” Saudi authorities…

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