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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) weekend said it secured the release of seven Nigerian pilgrims arrested by the Saudi police in Mecca for failing to carry their Nusuk identity cards with them. The Nigerians were arrested at various locations in the city between Monday and Saturday. NAHCON coordinator Aliyu Tanko,…
A Saudi court's decision to sentence fitness influencer Manahel al-Otaibi to 11 years in prison highlights what activists describe as a fierce crackdown on even vaguely critical online speech.- Manahel al-Otaibi - Otaibi, a 29-year-old blogger and fitness instructor, was arrested in November 2022.
The head of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) refused to remove his religious head covering in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia has executed seven men in the largest execution in years, Saudi authorities have announced.
Saudi Arabia had its record on human rights including freedoms for women, prosecutions for freedom of speech, use of the death penalty and alleged killing of migrants at its border with Yemen critiqued at the United Nations on Monday. In the kingdom’s first formal review at the UN Human Rights Council since November 2018, the Saudi Arabia delegation said more than 50 reforms had since then been passed in favor of women. Delegates were told Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a punishment, that minors can no longer be executed, judges are independent and migrant workers are now bett...