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A freedom loving 🕊🌱 #Humanrights #FreedomFirst #BLM #FreeSaudiActivists #StandWithUkraine

[ALQST for Human Rights @ALQST_En]

Despite completing his prison term over two years ago, Saudi human rights defender and ACPRA co-founder Mohammed al-Bejadi now faces retrial.

📅 His next court hearing is on Monday 27 October, at the SCC. ALQST encourages diplomats to request access to the trial.

#FreeAlBejadi

[ALQST for Human Rights @ALQST_En]

The Riyadh Comedy Festival is over, with participating comedians expressing both justification and regret.

Meanwhile Saudi aid worker Abdulrahman al-Sadhan remains forcibly disappeared, serving 20 years in jail for peaceful satire on @X.

Will participants speak up? #FreeSadhan

[ALQST for Human Rights @ALQST_En]

Today is human rights defender Abdulrahman al-Khalidi's 32nd birthday.

For the fourth birthday in a row, he spends it in degrading conditions in Sofia’s Busmantsi Detention Centre.

He remains at risk of deportation to Saudi Arabia, where he'd risk facing grave abuses.

[ALQST for Human Rights @ALQST_En]

🚨 Despite completing his prison term over two years ago, veteran Saudi human rights defender and ACPRA co-founder Mohammed al-Bejadi now faces retrial.

His next court hearing is on Monday 27 October.

#FreeAlBejadi

See our previous joint statement:
https://t.co/iUORtWx6EL

[Mary Lawlor @MaryLawlorhrds]

I will be following very closely the 2nd appeal hearing tomorrow in Saudi HRD Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi's asylum application in #Bulgaria; I appeal again for his asylum and protection from deportation to Saudi Arabia, a dangerous place for human rights defenders @MFABulgaria

[Areej Al-Sadhan أريج السدحان #FreeSadhan @AreejASadhan]

It shames the world!
The #InternetGovernance Forum is taking place in one of the most oppressive cities in the world #riyadh to discuss cyber safety & freedom!

🚨Just a few miles away from #IGF2024 thousands of innocent people are imprisoned for tweets!
#FreeSadhan #FreeThemAll

[Joey Shea @joey_shea]

This week Saudi Arabia hosts the IGF while dozens of people remain imprisoned for peaceful online speech.

Many are charged under the country’s abusive counterterrorism law, and the authorities conduct invasive surveillance of civil society members.

https://t.co/Z1Q14pm16J

[Husam Zomlot @hzomlot]

I commend @JomanaCNN for this report finally putting a face to one of the 15,000 names that Israel killed in Gaza last 7 weeks. Our people, our children are not just numbers or collateral damage, they are the soul of our souls as Khaled Nabhan the grandfather says here.

[Access Now @accessnow]

Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on dissent — from harsh sentences for tweets to spyware abuse — contradicts the @intgovforum's mission.

The Kingdom must release people imprisoned for online expression and commit to human rights reforms ahead of #IGF2024.
https://t.co/2Y15qm337W

[ALQST for Human Rights @ALQST_En]

🚩 The confirmation of #SaudiArabia as host of the men's #2034WorldCup risks lives and exposes FIFA's empty commitments.

It should also mark a moment for change.

Read our statement with 20+ NGOs, trade unions, fans groups & migrant worker organisations.

https://t.co/a0cFE0nDJj

[Mary Lawlor @MaryLawlorhrds]

I am again hearing extremely disturbing news that Saudi HRD Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi is threatened with deportation from #Bulgaria. He must not be forced to return; this would run counter to Bulgaria’s commitment to non-refoulement - Saudi Arabia is a dangerous place for HRDs @MFABulgaria

[ALQST for Human Rights @ALQST_En]

Last week @LinaAlhathloul spoke in an @amnestybe event about human rights in #SaudiArabia.

Thank you @amnestybe for hosting, and everyone who attended.

[Areej Al-Sadhan أريج السدحان #FreeSadhan @AreejASadhan]

My brother continues to be forcibly disappeared! He hasn’t been allowed any calls since the sham appeals hearing 3 years ago in #SaudiArabia! The @NUFC takeover is one of Saudi’s attempts to whitewash their horrendous human rights record!
#WhereIsSadhan #FreeSadhan

[Areej Al-Sadhan أريج السدحان #FreeSadhan @AreejASadhan]

Exciting news! Jim Walden @jimfornyc is running for Mayor of NYC. Jim is a fierce lawyer and advocate for justice who will take the extra mile to help you and your family.
Pls support him & if you’re in #NYC consider voting for him.
#NewYork #jimfornyc

https://t.co/kNJFRJ2Kv6

[Akbar Shahid Ahmed @AkbarSAhmed]

Now @RESCUEorg also says recent Rafah strikes targeted designated "humanitarian areas," which the IDF continues to deny.
Also important: the IDF says the mass deaths were because of secondary explosions, not their strike. But international law+US best practices are clear that...

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza? Aryeh Neier, who escaped Nazi Germany and later cofounded @HRW, tells @FareedZakaria the answer is yes.

"I thought that severe obstruction of the delivery of humanitarian assistance amounted to genocide," Neier said.

[Akbar Shahid Ahmed @AkbarSAhmed]

As the Biden administration works to pull the US closer to Saudi Arabia, a US citizen is marking her brother’s 7th birthday since the Saudi government arrested him over satirical tweets. He’s serving a 20-year sentence with a 20-year travel ban after that.
https://t.co/dkPgJkb2yJ

[Areej Al-Sadhan أريج السدحان #FreeSadhan @AreejASadhan]

Years ago on this day my brother was with us celebrating his birthday in #CA.
#Saudiarabia stole him from our lives, tortured & disappeared him for years for #tweeting
I haven’t seen or spoken to my brother in over 6 years!
I miss you AbdulRahman ❤️‍🩹
#thefightisnotover #FreeSadhan

[ASIL @asilorg]

Join us on June 11 for this fantastic, free event cosponsored by The Freedom Fund and PEN America! Register at https://t.co/4JqDCbKQar.

[Amnesty MENA @AmnestyMENA]

🟡 Abdulrahman al-Sadhan turns 41 year old today. The Red Crescent Worker is forcibly disappeared bySaudi Authorities. In April 2021, the Specialized Criminal Court sentenced him to 20 years in prison for a series of satirical tweets. He must be immediately released.