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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 5h

What’s Behind Saudi Arabia’s Surge in Executions? ‘after the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the crown prince learned to get rid of critics by going through the judiciary, instead of through extrajudiciary means.’
www.thenation.com/article/worl...

What’s Behind Saudi Arabia’s Surge in Executions?

Activists believe that authorities are abusing the justice system to silence dissent and chill speech.

www.thenation.com

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 5h

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 5h

‘We want justice’: workers at Amazon warehouses in Saudi Arabia still waiting on financial redress.
Asian migrant laborers who paid predatory recruiting fees say global mega-corporation has not kept its promise to pay them restitution.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘We want justice’: workers at Amazon warehouses in Saudi Arabia still waiting on financial redress

Asian migrant laborers who paid predatory recruiting fees say global mega-corporation has not kept its promise to pay them restitution

www.theguardian.com

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 2d

2025 executions by month in Saudi Arabia.

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 3d

We are about to start our Third People Vision Conference ‪@PeoplesVisionSA‬ ‪@The_NAAS‬
‎‫#الشعب_أولاً‬

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 5d

Maryam Aldossari,says, “Sportswashing is the regime’s most effective PR weapon. It lets them bury mass arrests, surveillance, and executions under stadium lights and sponsorship logos… they’re laundering the image of an authoritarian state.” www.forbes.com/sites/vitasc...

FIFA, Formula 1, ICC Under Fire For Aramco Sponsorships

Aramco is spending billions of dollars on sports sponsorships with FIFA, Formula 1, Concacaf and international cricket that buy it goodwill and visibility.

www.forbes.com

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ALQST for Human Rights @alqst.bsky.social · 6d

Seven years on from Jamal Khashoggi’s state-sponsored murder, justice is still denied.

This failure has emboldened #SaudiArabia’s leaders to keep silencing critics at home and abroad.

Accountability remains vital — for Jamal, and for all victims of repression. #JusticeForJamal

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 6d

US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’
Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh comedy festival despite the government’s human rights abuses.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’

Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh comedy festival despite the government’s human rights abuses

www.theguardian.com

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Newcastle Amnesty UK @newcastleaiuk.bsky.social · 6d

As ever Western greed helps sustain the #Saudi state

Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 6d

“The Saudi Crown Prince is trying to whitewash his regime’s tyranny by weaponizing culture and popular culture against his citizens. We must not launder MBS’ regime and that includes entertainers, politicians, and the media.” @leahremini.bsky.social www.thewrap.com/leah-remini-...

Leah Remini Calls Out Saudi Arabian Regime in Wake of Riyadh Comedy Festival Backlash | Video

Leah Remini has shared online a speech she gave in 2024 calling out the Saudi Arabian regime and the Americans who work with it.

www.thewrap.com

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 6d

“Companies only need workers who work well for them.They don’t care whether they paid money or not.They don’t care whether they were exploited or not.They just want to make money from workers.” Migrant workers powering Saudi Arabia’s energy transition. www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...

“We were treated as if we were machines”: Migrant workers powering Saudi Arabia’s energy transition - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

www.business-humanrights.org

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 6d

How the Israeli navy intercepted the Global Sumud flotilla – video www.theguardian.com/world/video/...

How the Israeli navy intercepted the Global Sumud flotilla – video

The flotilla, which consists of more than 40 civilian boats carrying about 500 activists, was heading towards Gaza bringing humanitarian aid

www.theguardian.com

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 6d

“The Saudi Crown Prince is trying to whitewash his regime’s tyranny by weaponizing culture and popular culture against his citizens. We must not launder MBS’ regime and that includes entertainers, politicians, and the media.” @leahremini.bsky.social www.thewrap.com/leah-remini-...

Leah Remini Calls Out Saudi Arabian Regime in Wake of Riyadh Comedy Festival Backlash | Video

Leah Remini has shared online a speech she gave in 2024 calling out the Saudi Arabian regime and the Americans who work with it.

www.thewrap.com

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ALQST for Human Rights @alqst.bsky.social · 8d

The great irony of the Riyadh Comedy Festival currently taking place is that its hosts, while welcoming high-profile international comedians, continue to suppress peaceful free speech and satirical comment among their country’s own citizens.

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Riyadh Comedy Festival no laughing matter in context of gross human rights abuses

The great irony of the Riyadh Comedy Festival currently taking place is that its hosts continue to suppress peaceful free speech and satirical comment among their country’s own citizens.

alqst.org

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 11d

From Auschwitz, to Bosnia, to Gaza: The price of silence. “There are no curtains to hide behind. The victims are on our screens, in our homes, pleading for us to act. And the choice to act, or not to act, lies with us all.” www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

From Auschwitz, to Bosnia, to Gaza: The price of silence

Genocide thrives when the world averts its eyes, and history is repeating before us.

www.aljazeera.com

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 11d

More than 50 Palestinians have been killed in relentless Israeli attacksthroughout the Gaza Strip, including a deadly strike that killed 11 family members.
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More than 50 Palestinians killed in attacks as world turns on Israel

Family home hit in war-battered Gaza City with children among the dead and wounded.

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 11d

Israeli strikes kill at least 32 people as military continues Gaza City attack.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Israeli strikes kill at least 32 people as military continues Gaza City attack

Health officials report 25 dead in the strip’s largest city, where hundreds of thousands are trapped and starving

www.theguardian.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12d

JUST NOW AT THE UN…

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 12d

Civilians in Gaza have sustained injuries of a type and on a scale more usually seen among professional soldiers involved in intense combat operations, research has found. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Civilian injuries in Gaza similar to those of soldiers in war zones, study finds

Wounds such as burns or leg injuries are more common in Gaza than among US soldiers who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan

www.theguardian.com

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 13d

The lingering wealth gap in Saudi Arabia via ⁦‪@FT‬⁩ on.ft.com/4pu6eIm

“The kind of things we see in Aseer are a real test of the government’s rhetoric that every part of the country is going to benefit in accordance with its comparative advantage,”

The lingering wealth gap in Saudi Arabia

Vast state spending is driving development, but some regions say the fast-growing capital is getting too much of the money

on.ft.com

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 13d

When I was married at 13 I was told refusal would end in my death. Now girls in Iraq as young as nine face the same fate. Passing such a law means nothing but legitimising violence and entrenching control over the bodies of women and girls. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

When I was married at 13 I was told refusal would end in my death. Now girls in Iraq as young as nine face the same fate

A new law legitimises violence and entrenches control over the bodies of millions of women and girls like me

www.theguardian.com

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ALQST for Human Rights @alqst.bsky.social · 13d

See @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social's
piece on our monitoring of a French man detained in Saudi Arabia after falling victim to a visa scam.

"[his] harsh treatment exposes the stark contrast between Saudi Arabia’s reformist image and its repressive reality."

www.middleeasteye.net/news/french-...

French man held in Saudi Arabia for over a year after Hajj scam

Rights group says the father of three has been repeatedly tortured in prison and now faces trial in a counter-terrorism court

www.middleeasteye.net

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 13d

French man held in Saudi Arabia for over a year after Hajj scam . @alqst.bsky.social said Abdelfattah has been tortured repeatedly, including an attack in Dec in which 6 masked guards beat him, handcuffed him& placed him in solitary confinement for a week. www.middleeasteye.net/news/french-...

French man held in Saudi Arabia for over a year after Hajj scam

Rights group says the father of three has been repeatedly tortured in prison and now faces trial in a counter-terrorism court

www.middleeasteye.net

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ALQST for Human Rights @alqst.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 A French national has been detained in #SaudiArabia for over a year and subjected to repeated ill-treatment and torture.

He now faces trial, without legal representation, for visa issues arising from a common scam and charges related to free expression.

alqst.org/en/post/fren...

French national detained in Saudi Arabia for more than a year tortured and denied right to fair trial

A French national detained in Saudi Arabia for more than a year is now on trial, without legal representation or consular access, for visa irregularities arising from a common scam as well as charges ...

alqst.org

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 13d

A Florida retiree has been convicted of cyber crimes and blocked from leaving Saudi Arabia until next year over social media posts critical of the kingdom’s crown prince.
www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...

Ruling bans Florida retiree from leaving Saudi Arabia until 2026 over critical social media posts

A Florida retiree has been convicted of cyber crimes and blocked from leaving Saudi Arabia until next year over social media posts critical of the kingdom’s crown prince

www.washingtonpost.com

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 13d

Saudi Arabia has resentenced 75 year old US citizen Saad Almadi, handing down a travel ban that will keep him trapped in the country until March 2026. His crime? Posting tweets critical of the Saudi government while in the US. mideastdc.org/publication/...

Saudi Authorities Should Quash New Sentence Against U.S. Citizen Saad Almadi and Immediately Allow Him to Return to the United States - MEDC

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