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13 Mar 2009, 12:05 am
The 900-student school with close ties to the Saudi government operates in a former high school building leased from Fairfax County. [read post]
29 Mar 2018, 11:58 am by Sean Rohtla
Victims and families of victims originally brought suit against Saudi Arabia and the Saudi High Commission for Relief in Bosnia and Herzegovina (SHC). [read post]
16 Jul 2021, 10:50 am
"The sharp decrease was brought about in part by a moratorium on death penalties for drug-related offenses,” the Saudi rights commission said.When asked by The Associated Press, the commission said the new law ordering a stop to such executions came into effect sometime last year. [read post]
30 Apr 2020, 3:14 am
"This is an important day for Saudi Arabia," said Awwad Alawwad. [read post]
29 May 2009, 12:15 pm
  The case arises out of the September 11 attacks and alleges, inter alia, that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi High Commission for Relief to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and four Saudi princes donated money to charitable organizations that they knew to be diverting funds to al Qaeda. [read post]
25 Jun 2008, 6:37 am
The Fairfax County (VA) Board of Supervisors has voted to renew the lease of a former county high school building for another year to the controversial Saudi Academy, but subject to State Department approval. [read post]
13 Apr 2009, 9:53 am
Al Arabiya reports that The Organization of Islamic Conference met at its headquarters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia yesterday to create a new OIC Human Rights Commission. [read post]
27 Sep 2022, 7:59 am by Karen Gullo
Meanwhile, a Citizen Lab investigation concluded with “high confidence” that in 2018, the mobile phone of a prominent Saudi activist based in Canada was infected with spyware that allows full access to chats, emails, photos, and device microphones and camera. [read post]
Since 2014, the Court has been repurposed to target peaceful reformers (like attorney Waleed abu al-Khair whose plight has been championed by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission); members of disfavored minority groups (such as Shia Muslims), who are disproportionally subject to persecution, arrest, and the death penalty; and journalists and activists who critique elements of Saudi Arabia’s domestic and foreign policy. [read post]
13 May 2018, 7:24 am by Parisa Zangeneh
(para. 1) The High Court dismissed the claim, (paras. 3, 214) although on appeal, the Court of Appeal granted permission to appeal grounds 1, 2, and 4. [read post]
14 Aug 2018, 1:29 pm by J. Dana Stuster
The original electoral commission was removed and several people were arrested on charges of arson. [read post]
22 Dec 2015, 9:44 am by Kelly Buchanan
The new regulation establishes two types of electoral commissions: 1) a general electoral commission that supervises the election at the national level, and 2) local electoral commissions that monitor the elections at the local level. [read post]
23 Mar 2018, 3:48 am
"The Indonesian government did not receive any notification prior to the execution of Zaini Misrin," citizen protection and legal aid director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lalu Muhammad Iqbal, said during a press conference in Jakarta.Although the kingdom has no regulatory obligation to issue such notifications, since the two countries are in friendly relations, Indonesia should have been officially apprised of the decision, he said.With nearly 200 Indonesians facing capital… [read post]
8 Apr 2018, 2:58 am
Source: The Diplomat (3 April 2018)https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/capital-punishment-human-rights-and-indonesias-chance-for-the-moral-high-ground/On Sunday March 18, Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded Indonesian migrant worker Zaini Misrin without providing diplomatic notice to the relevant Indonesian authorities.The execution was carried out undeterred by repeated requests from Indonesian President Joko Widodo for clemency. [read post]
Rupert Colville, a spokesperson for the Human Rights Commission of the UN, said in a press briefing Tuesday that the Saudi case on the “horrendous crime” of killing the journalist Jamal Khashoggi  in 2018 has lacked “proper transparency in the justice process. [read post]
3 Jul 2012, 10:40 am
According to the Death Penalty Information Center, the United States is fifth on the list of most confirmed executions for 2011, topped by China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. [read post]
27 Apr 2017, 4:51 am by Quinta Jurecic
Next up is a defense motion to deny a government motion to conduct an oral deposition of Ahmad Darbi, a Saudi detainee who pleaded guilty in 2014 under a deal that would allow him to serve out his sentence in Saudi Arabia beginning in 2018. [read post]