After almost three years behind bars, a Saudi women's rights activist has been released. Lujain al-Hathloul led the calls to allow women in Saudi Arabia to drive. Her sister tweeted today, Lujain is ...

A prominent Saudi journalist who was arrested in 2018 and convicted on terrorism and treason charges has been executed, the kingdom said. Activist groups maintain that the charges against him were ...

The furore over the first Riyadh Comedy Festival has put the country’s human-rights record under fresh scrutiny, particularly for its treatment of women. Some of the world’s most high-profile comics, ...

Al-Jasser ran a personal blog from 2013 to 2015 and was well-known for his articles on the Arab Spring movements that shook the Middle East in 2011, women’s rights and corruption. Al-Jasser ran a ...