· May, 2013

Stories about Saudi Arabia from May, 2013

Saudi Mobile Company Seeks Privacy Advocate's Help to Spy on Clients

  15 May 2013

Saudi Arabia's second largest telecommunication company, Mobily, has reached for a privacy advocate's help to surveil encrypted communication applications. The advocate went public with the request, publishing email exchanges online, and causing an outcry on social media, where Saudi netizens calls for laws to protect people's privacy and punish those spying on the people.

Saudi Activist Refuses Trial: “I Will Not Tolerate Women Degradation”

  4 May 2013

The fifth session of the ongoing trial of Dr. Abdulkareem al-Khudar, a co-founder of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association, was held today; and as in the previous session, the judge continued to refuse to allow women to attend the public trial, saying that they shall stay at home.

Saudi Authorities Continue Crackdown on Human Rights Activists

  2 May 2013

Saudi Arabian authorities detained yet another member of the country's defiant leading human rights organisation, the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA). Umar Al-Saeed is the seventh ACPRA member to be detained since the kingdom initiated a crackdown on human rights activists in 2012.