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Saudi Arabian and Yemeni forces must protect civilians in Sa’da conflict - 11 November 2009
Amnesty International has called on all parties to the conflict raging in Yemen’s northerly Sa’da region to treat detainees humanely and protect civilians.Background: Foreign nationals on death row in Saudi Arabia - 6 November 2009
Amnesty International is aware of at least 137 people currently on death row in Saudi Arabia, of which 106 are foreign nationals. The true figures are believed to be much higher.Saudi Arabia executes three more foreign nationals - 5 November 2009
Amnesty International has strongly condemned the beheading of two Sri Lankan nationals and one Indian national in the city of Jeddah this week.Saudi King sets aside flogging of journalist over ‘sex life’ TV show - 26 October 2009
Amnesty International has welcomed the intervention of Saudi Arabia’s head of state, King ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abdul ‘Aziz, to cancel a flogging sentence against a female journalist.Saudi Arabia - countering terrorism with repression - 11 September 2009
Since the September 11 attacks in the USA eight years ago, the Saudi Arabian authorities have launched a sustained assault on human rights in the name of countering terrorism.
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Thousands of people continued to be detained without trial as terrorism suspects and hundreds more were arrested.