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Saudi Arabia "As If I Am Not Human" Abuses against Asian Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia
HRW Index No.: 1-56432-351-X July 8, 2008 Also available in 
Download PDF, 466 KB, 137 pgs Purchase online Download E-Book Perpetual Minors Human Rights Abuses Stemming from Male Guardianship and Sex Segregation in Saudi Arabia
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Download PDF, 357 KB, 52 pgs Purchase online Download E-Book Precarious Justice Arbitrary Detention and Unfair Trials in the Deficient Criminal Justice System of Saudi Arabia
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Download PDF, 533 KB, 146 pgs Purchase online Download E-Book Adults Before Their Time Children in Saudi Arabia’s Criminal Justice System
HRW Index No.: E2004 March 25, 2008 Also available in
Download PDF, 382 KB, 82 pgs Purchase online Download E-Book Exported and Exposed Abuses against Sri Lankan Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates
HRW Index No.: C1916 November 14, 2007 Also available in 
Download PDF, 905 KB, 133 pgs Purchase online Download E-Book Off the Record U.S. Responsibility for Enforced Disappearances in the “War on Terror” This 21-page briefing paper, published by six leading human rights organizations, includes the names and details of 39 people who are believed to have been held in secret US custody abroad and whose current whereabouts remain unknown. The briefing paper also names relatives of suspects who were themselves arrested and detained, including children as young as seven. The list of missing people includes nationals from countries including Egypt, Kenya, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan and Spain. They are believed to have been arrested in countries including Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia and Sudan, and transferred to secret US prisons operated by the CIA. June 7, 2007 Swept Under the Rug Abuses against Domestic Workers Around the World
HRW Index No.: C1807 July 26, 2006 Download PDF, 470 KB, 95 pgs Purchase online Download E-Book Human Rights Watch Memorandum to the Government of Saudi Arabia on Human Rights Priorities in the Kingdom The absence of legal guarantees is one of the main causes of Saudi Arabia’s serious human rights problems. Without specific legal protections, neither the government nor judges, not to mention ordinary citizens, can know with certainty what is permissible and what is forbidden. As a result, government practices often violate basic rights, the judiciary often acts unfairly, and citizens and residents are unable to seek redress for violations they suffer. February 7, 2006 Also available in
Printer friendly version The United States' "Disappeared": The CIA's Long-Term "Ghost Detainees" In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, the Bush administration has violated the most basic legal norms in its treatment of security detainees. Many have been held in offshore prisons, the most well known of which is at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. As we now know, prisoners suspected of terrorism, and many against whom no evidence exists, have been mistreated, humiliated, and tortured. But perhaps no practice so fundamentally challenges the foundations of U.S. and international law as the long-term secret incommunicado detention of al-Qaeda suspects in “undisclosed locations.” October 12, 2004 Also available in
"Bad Dreams" Exploitation and Abuse of Migrant Workers in Saudi Arabia Migrant workers in the purportedly modern society that Saudi Arabia has become continue to suffer extreme forms of labor exploitation that sometimes rise to slavery-like conditions. Their lives are further complicated by deeply rooted gender, religious, and racial discrimination. This provides the foundation for prejudicial public policy and government regulations, shameful practices of private employers, and unfair legal proceedings that yield judicial sentences of the death penalty. HRW Index No.: E1605 July 14, 2004 Download PDF, 707 KB, 137 pgs Purchase online The Criminal Justice System in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Recommendations for Basic Human Rights Protections The detention and prosecution of the group of Westerners accused of carrying out acts of violence in the kingdom in 2000 and 2001 (hereafter described as the “bombings case”) provides strong evidence about aspects of the criminal justice system in Saudi Arabia that urgently need reform in order to protect fully the rights of all criminal suspects, both citizens and foreigners. May 28, 2003 Also available in
Recommendations to the International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan Human Rights Watch calls on international donors meeting in Tokyo to ensure that the promotion of human rights is given a central place in reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. The creation of an interim administration in Kabul, and the physical and institutional reconstruction of the country at large, offer a unique opportunity for instituting human rights protections into Afghanistan's political and societal structures. January 17, 2002 Human Rights in Saudi Arabia: A Deafening Silence Concern for human rights in Saudi Arabia has ranked extremely low on the agenda of the U.S., although Washington has long been well aware that the country remains a veritable wasteland when it comes to respect for the fundamental human rights of its 22 million residents, including some six to seven million foreign workers and their families. Saudi Arabia's diversity, in terms of geographic regions and various schools of Islamic law, is not represented in the governing structure of the country. December 19, 2001 Printer friendly version Saudi Arabia: Child Soldiers Global Report 2001 From the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers It is not known if there are under-18s in government armed forces due to insufficient information about minimum voluntary recruitment age June 12, 2001 Saudi Arabia: Landmine Monitor Report 2000 Saudi Arabia has not acceded to the Mine Ban Treaty. Landmine Monitor does not know of any public statements by the government regarding its position on the treaty or the ban. Saudi Arabia voted for the pro-ban UNGA resolutions in 1996 and 1997, but was absent during the votes in 1998 and 1999. Saudi Arabia is not a party to the CCW nor is it a member of the Conference on Disarmament. August 1, 2000 Flawed Justice The Execution of `Abd al-Karim Mara`i al-Naqshabandi In stark contrast to the worldwide trend toward abolition of the death penalty, in Saudi Arabia its use has become increasingly frequent. Since 1990 at least 540 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia, usually by public beheading; at least one hundred people were reported executed in the first nine months of 1997 alone. Most of these were foreigners accused of any of a variety of offenses, including drug-trafficking, murder, armed robbery, and sexual offenses. In at least some cases there was ample evidence to support victims' claims of innocence. HRW Index No.: E909 October 1, 1997 Purchase online Empty Reforms: Saudi Arabia’s New Basic Laws On March 1, 1992, King Fahd ibn Abdel-Aziz issued three major laws: the Basic Law of Government, the Consultative Council Law and the Law of Provinces. The first formalizes several aspects of the constitutional framework of the country; the second replaces the existing council, established in 1926, with a new council to be appointed by the king within six months; and the third aims at regulating the relationship between central government agencies and regional governors, replacing a 1963 law that was never implemented. While these laws constitute significant steps toward codifying the largely unwritten legal system of the country, they fall far short of internationally recognized standards in their treatment of civil and political rights. Disappointingly, the final products are far below expectations, and Empty Reforms explains and analyzes each. HRW Index No.: ISBN 1-56432-068-5 May 1, 1992
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