According to Fars News Agency, quoting the information base of the Human Rights Headquarters, the Organization for the Defense of Victims of Violence has published a series of reports of human rights violations in these three countries, citing reports by human rights organizations. You are reading ahead.
Travel ban on activists, journalists and killings and repression of the media in Saudi Arabia
Amnesty International, in a report on 19 May, announced a travel ban on activists, writers and journalists in Saudi Arabia, saying: “The Saudi government thereby obliges these people to stay in the country or to travel with family members of people living abroad.” It has hindered other countries in the world.
Amnesty International has launched a new campaign called ‘#LetThemFly’, documenting the cases of 30 Saudi human rights defenders who have been sentenced to life in prison following highly unfair trials. However, after the end of their sentences, they will be banned from traveling.
Amnesty International has also documented the case of 39 relatives of Saudi activists who have been subjected to travel bans without receiving any formal order or warning, forcing families to separate.
In October 2021, a report was published documenting the situation of at least 89 US citizens or residents who are either imprisoned in Saudi Arabia or subject to travel bans.
The European-Saudi Organization for Human Rights also issued a report on May 13, 1401, coinciding with World Press Freedom Day, against the Saudi government for all kinds of threats against journalists, social media users, and activists, including the detention, detention, torture, and enforced disappearance of journalists. And activists and over the years has targeted and harassed them inside and outside the country, using information obtained from cyberspace. The Saudi government criminalizes contact with the media and uses it as a tool to prosecute individuals.
The purchase of the Pegasus spy system by the Saudi government in 2021 was also carried out with the aim of monitoring the opposition and their activities on virtual networks.
The report goes on to send a letter from UN Special Rapporteurs to the Saudi government in March 2021 alleging that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman participated in a campaign to hack the accounts of the CEO of Amazon and the owner of the Washington Post, seeking revenge. The newspaper was taken down due to the publication of unfavorable reports about Saudi Arabia, especially after the assassination of Jamal Khashgechi, one of the columnists of this newspaper.
In a report on World Press Freedom Day, Al-Qast Human Rights Watch noted that Saudi Arabia continues its repressive policies towards journalists and the media, adding that the kingdom has maintained its position in the world as one of the most dangerous countries for journalists’ activities. Is. According to the World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders, Saudi Arabia’s state of media freedom in 2021 ranked it 170th out of 180 countries.
Widespread human rights violations by the Al Khalifa regime
Bahrain is another country in the region that has always violated the rights of its people. بح Bahrain Mirror 24 May Has reportedly focused on the implementation of the British Magnitsky sanctions regime against Bahraini officials involved in the torture of its citizens – in particular the three witnesses interviewed by these institutions. The three witnessed catastrophic torture by Bahraini prison officials ordered by the Interior Ministry.
On the other hand, the Bahrain Assembly of Human Rights, the Salam Organization for Democracy and Human Rights, the Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (Persian Gulf) and the Sentinel Human Rights Organization to present to the World Review Working Group at the 41st UN Human Rights Assembly Bahrain , Salam for Democracy and Human Rights, the Persian Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, and the Sentinel Human Rights Organization, issued a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council’s Global Review Working Group meeting, expressing their serious concerns about civil rights. , Political, economic and social, torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, as well as deprivation of citizenship in Bahrain.
Bahrain Mirror also wrote in a report, according to the report of the Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day: Bahrain ranks last among the countries of the Persian Gulf, and among the countries of the world. The Arabs ranked fourth and ranked 167th out of 180 countries in the world.
In a report by Reporters Without Borders, entitled The New Age of Polarity, we see numerous warnings about the spread of false information and the domination of dictatorships over the journalistic profession.
The end of the sentence of about 30 political prisoners in 2022
The International Campaign for Freedom in the UAE, in a report on 26 May, made recommendations to Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the new President of the UAE, in the hope of bringing about change in the face of widespread human rights abuses in the country, the most important of which is The focus of these recommendations is: the need for the unconditional and immediate release of political prisoners, the need to provide the necessary conditions for every Emirati citizen to enjoy the right to freedom of expression, the need to provide the necessary conditions for the free operation of all independent media without fear From censorship or retaliation, the need to adhere to the right to freedom of assembly and association, the need to update anti-terrorism laws, the need to update anti-discrimination law, the need to amend cybercrime law in accordance with international standards, the need for independent international observers to access All UAE detention centers, the need to prohibit torture and ill-treatment of prisoners, and the need to provide legal assistance to all migrant and foreign workers.
Euronews was quoted by AFP as saying that the charges against Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi, the new head of Interpol, are being investigated by the French counterterrorism tribunal, which is mainly based on the two axes of “torture” and “arbitrary detention”. They took place in 2019.
The Persian Gulf Human Rights Center also filed a complaint against Ahmad Nasser al-Ra’isi with the French judiciary, accusing him of “torture” and “committing atrocities.” According to the complaint, he was responsible for torturing a prominent Emirati dissident, Ahmed Mansour, during his tenure as Inspector General of the UAE Interior Ministry – an accusation leveled in January 2020 by the UAE Foreign Ministry as “baseless” and ” Was described as a “lie.”
The International Campaign for Freedom in the UAE also reported that some 30 political prisoners would complete their prison terms by the end of 2022. On the detention of prisoners beyond their sentence, he called on the authorities to abide by international law and release the prisoners on time.
Currently, 19 prisoners are being held beyond their sentences, including the police of Abdoli and Maryam Al-Balushi, whose sentences have been extended by another three years due to their disclosures about the difficult conditions of their imprisonment. Government officials must show that the extension of the detention period did not exceed the required length, that the entire period of possible detention is limited, and that they fully comply with the guarantees of Article 9 of the Convention.
Human rights violations by the Saudi coalition
The Yemeni News Agency (Saba Net) reported on May 13 that the Ministry of Human Rights issued a statement condemning the Saudi border guards for committing a heinous crime against Yemeni citizens in the al-Raqo area of Saada province and the killing and torture of Yemeni citizens. According to the statement, the bodies of seven Yemeni citizens were handed over to the Republic Hospital in Saada Governorate, where they show signs of systematic torture.
The statement condemned the silence of the United Nations, which oversees the ceasefire between the two sides, over the crime and other ceasefire violations, including attacks by the Saudi-led coalition in several provinces.
According to the report, the Ministry of Human Rights blames the Saudi regime and the Saudi-led coalition for the crime and other cases that contradict the ceasefire established by the United Nations.
In a report quoted by the Anatolian News Agency, the Middle East Monitor reported that the UN statistics on the displacement and homelessness of about 4.3 million Yemeni citizens since the beginning of the conflict in the country in 2014 and the action of the Protection Fund. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for humanitarian aid to be provided to thousands of them.
UNICEF said in a statement that it had distributed humanitarian aid to nearly 66,000 Yemeni refugees over the past six months, including food, first aid and health kits for women.
The report concludes by noting that the eight-year conflict in Yemen has marked one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, while millions of Yemeni citizens are suffering from hunger.
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