Saudi Arabia

Graduate Student Salma al-Shehab Sentenced to 34 Years in Saudi Arabian Prison

On August 9, Salma al-Shehab, an activist and PhD candidate at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom, was sentenced to 34 years...

Abdul Kareem Yousef Al-Khodr

In Brief Abdul Kareem Yousef Al-Khodr, a professor of Comparative Jurisprudence at Qassim University in Saudi Arabia, was sentenced in...

Ill-treatment in Prison of Saudi Human Rights Defender Mohammed Al-Qahtani Continues

On March 25, 2019, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Mohammed Al-Qahtani, a prominent Saudi economist’s, health is deteriorating...

Renowned Scholar Hatoon Al-Fassi Arrested Week after Driving Ban Lifted in Saudi Arabia

In July 2018 Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Hatoon Ajwad al-Fassi, a prominent women's rights advocate and writer at the...

Saudi Student and Blogger Raif Badawi Given More Lashes in Prison

The Raif Badawi Foundation said in a statement that it has received confirmation that Badawi is to be given more lashes in prison. This...

Qatar University Cancels "Women in Islam" Talk After Controversy and Death Threats

Qatar University postponed a lecture that was supposed to be held on Thursday after its keynote speaker received death threats for her...