Maryam Aldossari

2025 executions by month in Saudi Arabia.

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FIFA, Formula 1, ICC Under Fire For Aramco Sponsorships Aramco is spending billions of dollars on sports sponsorships with FIFA, Formula 1, Concacaf and international cricket that buy it goodwill and visibility.

Maryam Aldossari,says, “Sportswashing is the regime’s most effective PR weapon. It lets them bury mass arrests, surveillance, and executions under stadium lights and sponsorship logos… they’re laundering the image of an authoritarian state.” www.forbes.com/sites/vitasc...

Seven years on from Jamal Khashoggi’s state-sponsored murder, justice is still denied.

This failure has emboldened #SaudiArabia’s leaders to keep silencing critics at home and abroad.

Accountability remains vital — for Jamal, and for all victims of repression. #JusticeForJamal

US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’ Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh comedy festival despite the government’s human rights abuses

US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’
Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh comedy festival despite the government’s human rights abuses.
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As ever Western greed helps sustain the #Saudi state

“We were treated as if we were machines”: Migrant workers powering Saudi Arabia’s energy transition - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

“Companies only need workers who work well for them.They don’t care whether they paid money or not.They don’t care whether they were exploited or not.They just want to make money from workers.” Migrant workers powering Saudi Arabia’s energy transition. www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...

How the Israeli navy intercepted the Global Sumud flotilla – video The flotilla, which consists of more than 40 civilian boats carrying about 500 activists, was heading towards Gaza bringing humanitarian aid

How the Israeli navy intercepted the Global Sumud flotilla – video www.theguardian.com/world/video/...

Leah Remini Calls Out Saudi Arabian Regime in Wake of Riyadh Comedy Festival Backlash | Video Leah Remini has shared online a speech she gave in 2024 calling out the Saudi Arabian regime and the Americans who work with it.

“The Saudi Crown Prince is trying to whitewash his regime’s tyranny by weaponizing culture and popular culture against his citizens. We must not launder MBS’ regime and that includes entertainers, politicians, and the media.” @leahremini.bsky.social www.thewrap.com/leah-remini-...

Riyadh Comedy Festival no laughing matter in context of gross human rights abuses The great irony of the Riyadh Comedy Festival currently taking place is that its hosts continue to suppress peaceful free speech and satirical comment among their country’s own citizens.

The great irony of the Riyadh Comedy Festival currently taking place is that its hosts, while welcoming high-profile international comedians, continue to suppress peaceful free speech and satirical comment among their country’s own citizens.

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From Auschwitz, to Bosnia, to Gaza: The price of silence Genocide thrives when the world averts its eyes, and history is repeating before us.

From Auschwitz, to Bosnia, to Gaza: The price of silence. “There are no curtains to hide behind. The victims are on our screens, in our homes, pleading for us to act. And the choice to act, or not to act, lies with us all.” www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

More than 50 Palestinians killed in attacks as world turns on Israel Family home hit in war-battered Gaza City with children among the dead and wounded.

More than 50 Palestinians have been killed in relentless Israeli attacksthroughout the Gaza Strip, including a deadly strike that killed 11 family members.
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Israeli strikes kill at least 32 people as military continues Gaza City attack Health officials report 25 dead in the strip’s largest city, where hundreds of thousands are trapped and starving

Israeli strikes kill at least 32 people as military continues Gaza City attack.
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Civilian injuries in Gaza similar to those of soldiers in war zones, study finds Wounds such as burns or leg injuries are more common in Gaza than among US soldiers who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan

Civilians in Gaza have sustained injuries of a type and on a scale more usually seen among professional soldiers involved in intense combat operations, research has found. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

The lingering wealth gap in Saudi Arabia Vast state spending is driving development, but some regions say the fast-growing capital is getting too much of the money

The lingering wealth gap in Saudi Arabia via ⁦‪@FT‬⁩ on.ft.com/4pu6eIm

“The kind of things we see in Aseer are a real test of the government’s rhetoric that every part of the country is going to benefit in accordance with its comparative advantage,”

When I was married at 13 I was told refusal would end in my death. Now girls in Iraq as young as nine face the same fate A new law legitimises violence and entrenches control over the bodies of millions of women and girls like me

When I was married at 13 I was told refusal would end in my death. Now girls in Iraq as young as nine face the same fate. Passing such a law means nothing but legitimising violence and entrenching control over the bodies of women and girls. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

French man held in Saudi Arabia for over a year after Hajj scam Rights group says the father of three has been repeatedly tortured in prison and now faces trial in a counter-terrorism court

See @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social's
piece on our monitoring of a French man detained in Saudi Arabia after falling victim to a visa scam.

"[his] harsh treatment exposes the stark contrast between Saudi Arabia’s reformist image and its repressive reality."

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French man held in Saudi Arabia for over a year after Hajj scam Rights group says the father of three has been repeatedly tortured in prison and now faces trial in a counter-terrorism court

French man held in Saudi Arabia for over a year after Hajj scam . @alqst.bsky.social said Abdelfattah has been tortured repeatedly, including an attack in Dec in which 6 masked guards beat him, handcuffed him& placed him in solitary confinement for a week. www.middleeasteye.net/news/french-...

French national detained in Saudi Arabia for more than a year tortured and denied right to fair trial A French national detained in Saudi Arabia for more than a year is now on trial, without legal representation or consular access, for visa irregularities arising from a common scam as well as charges ...

🚨 A French national has been detained in #SaudiArabia for over a year and subjected to repeated ill-treatment and torture.

He now faces trial, without legal representation, for visa issues arising from a common scam and charges related to free expression.

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Ruling bans Florida retiree from leaving Saudi Arabia until 2026 over critical social media posts A Florida retiree has been convicted of cyber crimes and blocked from leaving Saudi Arabia until next year over social media posts critical of the kingdom’s crown prince

A Florida retiree has been convicted of cyber crimes and blocked from leaving Saudi Arabia until next year over social media posts critical of the kingdom’s crown prince.
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Saudi Authorities Should Quash New Sentence Against U.S. Citizen Saad Almadi and Immediately Allow Him to Return to the United States - MEDC

Saudi Arabia has resentenced 75 year old US citizen Saad Almadi, handing down a travel ban that will keep him trapped in the country until March 2026. His crime? Posting tweets critical of the Saudi government while in the US. mideastdc.org/publication/...

‘We are at our limit’: Gaza’s last hospitals overwhelmed as thousands flee south ‘Not enough of anything’, says surgeon, as Israel’s assault forces injured, sick and hungry people to leave Gaza City

‘We are at our limit’: Gaza’s last hospitals overwhelmed as thousands flee south.‘Not enough of anything’, says surgeon, as Israel’s assault forces injured, sick and hungry people to leave Gaza City. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Comedy Festival Whitewashes Abuses The Saudi government is using the Riyadh Comedy Festival 2025 from September 26 to October 9 to deflect attention from its brutal repression of free speech and other pervasive human rights violations.

Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Comedy Festival Whitewashes Abuses. Comics Performing Should Urge Release of Detained Activists.
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British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah freed from prison Writer, who has served six years for sharing a Facebook post, was given a presidential pardon

British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah freed from prison. The British-Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been released from jail after serving six years for sharing a Facebook post. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Death by aid cuts: how a decision in the US led to the loss of a mother in Yemen While the Trump administration claims no one will die over the axing of its overseas development budgets, aid agencies say the action will cost at least 3 million lives. Fatima and her baby were among...

While the Trump administration claims no one will die over the axing of its overseas development budgets, aid agencies say the action will cost at least 3 million lives. Fatima and her baby in Yemen were among the first.
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In recent weeks, Saudi authorities have renewed efforts to displace residents of al-Muwaila village, part of the area earmarked for Neom.

Schools have been shut, forcing families to send children to Duba, 47km away.

And residents have been warned to evacuate or face power and water cuts.

Lebanon says four US citizens killed, including three children, in Israeli drone strike The Israeli military said it was targeting a Hezbollah terrorist who "operated from within a civilian population".

An Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon has killed five people including three children.
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As the world recognizes Palestinian state, Israel's E1 plan moves to bury it The long-frozen settlement project would sever East Jerusalem from the West Bank, fragment Palestinian communities, and advance permanent annexation.

As the world recognizes Palestinian state, Israel's plan to bury it.“It’s performative diplomacy.You’re recognizing the Palestinian state,but at the same time,your actions are aiding and abetting the very system that is destroying that state.” www.972mag.com/palestinian-...

Starmer finally said it: ‘We recognise Palestine.’ But Gaza desperately needs action – where is that? | Nesrine Malik The British PM and others offered fine words, but after all the horror, many will say too little, too late. Palestinians need unfettered support – and now, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Starmer finally said it: ‘We recognise Palestine.’ where is the action? “a recognition that is not connected to anything, something that ends up being a fig leaf for western governments to say that they have taken big steps, and therefore catch a break.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...