The president of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association, Fozan Al Harbi, https://twitter.com/fowzanm  was summoned today by Riyad’s Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution. Al Harbi was questioned, and will have to endure an official investigation on Saturday May 11th. Fozan is one of Saudi’s preeminent human rights defenders, helping political prisoners and their families...

  Saudi authorities continue to hint at a willingness to restrict or even ban the social media site so many activists rely on. Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abdulaziz Al Alsheikh, said on March 23rd that twitter has become “a gathering place for every clown and corrupter who post tweets that are illegitimate, false and wrong.” His remarks are part of a string of statements that...

A Saudi activist launched a campaign on Twitter to release three Saudi political prisoners, Turki Al Hamad, Hamza Al Khashgri, and Raef Badawi. The activists used the hashtags #اطلقوا_تركي_الحمد , #اطلقوا_حمزة_كاشغري , #اطلقوا _رائف_بدوي translated as “Release Turki Al Hamad, Hamza Kashgari and Raef Al Badawi.” Saudi writer and intellectual,...

Twenty-something Saudi activist,  Hawad Al Akeel, arrested nine days ago, in the city of Buraidah - for participating in protests calling for the release of political prisoners in Saudi, is in very poor health. Saudi authorities have denied treatment to the vocal activist and supporter for reform and freedom in Saudi. Akeel has been previously arrested for his support of wrongfully detained...

Saudi Bahia Sulaiman Al Rashoodi has been sentenced to four months in prison for calling for the release of her father, Sulaiman al Rashoodi, who has been detained since 2011. Former judge and president of the Saudi Association of Civil and Political Rights (ACPRA), the 76-year old Sulaiman, was most recently detained in 2007 and later convicted in 2011 for attempting to establish a human rights...