Saudi Arabia

Mar 26, 20232 min read

Saudi Authorities Seek Death Penalty For Legal Scholar

Awad al-Qarni. Photo credits: Middle East Eye On January 15th, 2023, The Guardian revealed that Saudi prosecutors are seeking death...

Aug 22, 20222 min read

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...

Apr 25, 20191 min read

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...

Mar 26, 20192 min read

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...

Jul 21, 20182 min read

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...

Nov 14, 20162 min read

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...

Nov 14, 20162 min read

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...