Saudi Arabia's massive recent investments in global sport have spurred accusations of sportswashing: the use of games and athletes to launder the image of a country while cloaking repression and ...

A humanitarian aid worker who used an anonymous Twitter account to mock Saudi Arabia about its economy has filed a federal racketeering lawsuit against the social media platform, the kingdom and a ...

In this Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, photo, a Saudi man carries his coffee pot as he walks past a banner showing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, outside a mall in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Human ...

London — A group of Saudi dissidents exiled in Britain, the U.S. and elsewhere announced the launch of an opposition party on Wednesday, the first organized political resistance to King Salman's rule.

As documented by ADHRB, Saudi authorities impose post-release restrictions including arbitrary travel bans, asset freezes, and digital surveillance. These measures aim to permanently silence critics ...

The State Department's annual report on international religious freedom was highly critical of a number of countries, including China and Saudi Arabia, a key US ally. "Many governments around the ...

[Update: A MENA Rights Group spokesperson told Ars that the group has been assisting Abdulrahman since 2018, detailing developments in his case here, and it has filed a complaint with the UN’s Working ...

WHEN I condemned President Barack Obama’s deep bow to Saudi King Abdullah, I heard from many readers about President George W. Bush’s hand-holding with the same personage. “What’s the difference?” ...

In this undated 2014 photo provided by the family of Abdulrahman al-Sadhan, Abdulrahman al-Sadhan poses for a photo near San Fransisco. Al-Sadhan, a Saudi humanitarian aid worker, anonymous Twitter ...