The London High Court awarded the London-based satirist and human rights activist Ghanem Al-Masarir more than £3 million, ...

(Refiles to remove Reuters Instrument Code, no changes to text) LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - A Saudi human rights activist who accuses Saudi Arabia of targeting him with spyware and directing his ...

Saudi authorities executed at least 356 people in 2025, setting a new record in the country for the highest number of executions in one-year since monitoring began.

LONDON -- Saudi Arabia is seeking a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council in a vote scheduled for Oct. 9, hoping to reverse its 2020 failure to win a spot on the 47-seat body. The kingdom ...

Judge rules that kingdom must compensate Ghanem al-Masarir for infecting his phone and ordering a physical attack on him in west London ...

(The Hill) – Several U.S. comedians are blasting the star-studded Riyadh Comedy Festival over Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses. The festival, which kicked off on Friday, features prominent stand-up ...

A comedy festival in Saudi Arabia featuring high-profile American performers is drawing intense criticism from human rights advocates who say the star-studded event helps gloss over the kingdom’s ...

With Saudi Arabia’s debut Riyadh Comedy Festival wrapping up its two-week run, Human Rights Watch (HRW) is urging the comedians who participated to speak up. Following Aziz Ansari‘s announcement that ...