Saudi Arabia: Unrelenting Repression

Expand Women walk past a poster of Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during Janadriyah Cultural Festival on the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia February 12, 2018. © 2018 REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser (Beirut) – Saudi authorities carried out a sweeping campaign of repression against independent dissidents and activists, including two waves of mass arrests, in 2019, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2020. The arrests and harassment coincided with the most significant advancements for Saudi women in recent years, including removing travel restrictions for women…

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