Events Week Ending June 7th 2015

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Even more events in support of Raif Badawi around the world this week as we lead up to June 17th - the 3 year anniversary of his unjust imprisonment by the Saudi Arabia 'Justice' system. Thanks to Amnesty International, PEN and the thousands of Human Rights Supporters around the globe who continue to take action.

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British Leader of the Opposition condemns Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
Theresa May has staunchly defended selling arms to Saudi Arabia despite the country facing accusations of war crimes, insisting close ties “keep people on the…

Friday, 09 September 2016 01:24
EU parliament votes for embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia
Motion ratchets up pressure on Riyadh over its Yemen bombing campaign but does not force European states to halt deals

Thursday, 25 February 2016 18:25
Sister of jailed blogger Raif Badawi released after detention in Saudi Arabia
MONTREAL – Amnesty International’s Quebec branch said on Wednesday the eldest sister of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi has been released after 24 hours in…

Friday, 15 January 2016 21:09
Center for Inquiry Demands the Release of Saudi Activist Samar Badawi
The Center for Inquiry has learned that Saudi human rights activist Samar Badawi has been arrested for allegedly operating the Twitter account of her husband,…

Wednesday, 13 January 2016 00:13
"The arrest of Badawi's sister in Saudi Arabia is an affront to the EP Sakharov Prize!"
Strong words tonight from the Vice President of the European Parliament, Ulrike Lunacek, as news reached of the arrest in Saudi Arabia of Samar Badawi,…

Tuesday, 12 January 2016 22:04
Prominent Female Saudi Rights Advocate Arrested
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Human rights groups and activists say one of Saudi Arabia's most prominent human rights advocates has been arrested.

Tuesday, 12 January 2016 21:49
Samar Badawi, sister of Raif imprisoned in Saudi Arabia
From FREERAIFUK - We have just heard that Samar Badawi, the sister of free speech activist Raif Badawi has just been imprisoned in Saudi Arabia.…

Tuesday, 12 January 2016 18:09
Saudi Arabia's executions were worthy of Isis – so will David Cameron and the West now stop their grovelling to its oil-rich monarchs?
Saudi Arabia’s binge of head-choppings – 47 in all, including the learned Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqr al-Nimr, followed by a Koranic justification for the…

Saturday, 02 January 2016 19:55
Saudi Arabia, an ISIS That Has Made It
by Kamel Daoud, columnist for Quotidien d'Oran and author of "The Mersault Investigation." This essay was translated from the French by John Cullen and appeared…

Saturday, 12 December 2015 10:24
Europe needs to toughen up on its Saudi ally
On December 10, Marietje Schaake, Euro MP, wrote a strong opinion piece in Politico concerning Saudi Arabia.

Saturday, 12 December 2015 10:08
Raif Badawi on Hunger Strike as he is transferred to a remote prison
Raif Badawi has today began a hunger strike as The Saudi Prison administration has transferred him to a new isolated prison. The prison administration has…

Thursday, 10 December 2015 23:16
German vice-chancellor accuses Saudi Arabia of funding Islamic extremism in the West
The German vice-chancellor has publicly accused Saudi Arabia of financing Islamic extremism in the West and warned that it must stop. Sigmar Gabriel said that…

Sunday, 06 December 2015 22:05

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