Saudi Arabia

Families of Palestinians in Saudi prisons call for their release

Sunday-22-March-2020

Palestinian families and rights groups on Saturday called on the Saudi authorities to immediately release dozens of Palestinians in their jails given the threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Bahar asks Saudi Shura speaker to intervene for release of detainees

Monday-16-March-2020

Ahmed Bahar acting speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) has appealed to Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh chairman of the Saudi Shura Council to intervene urgently to remove the injustice being inflicted on Palestinian detainees in Saudi Arabia and have them released.

Palestinians Abroad calls for halting trials against compatriots in SA

Thursday-12-March-2020

The Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad has called on the Saudi authorities to order a halt to the court hearings they recently started and intend to hold for dozens of Palestinian and Jordanian detainees reconsider the measures taken against them and release all of them.

Hamas asks Saudi Arabia to release Palestinian detainees

Monday-9-March-2020

Senior Hamas official Mushir al-Masri has described the holding of a court hearing for Palestinian detainees in Saudi Arabia as a “departure from the normal Saudi position in support of the Palestinian cause” urging the leadership in Riyadh to order their release.

Saudis to hold court hearings for about 40 Palestinian detainees

Sunday-8-March-2020

The Saudi authorities intend to start holding trials for many Palestinians who have been in detention with no guilt since last year.

Saudi authorities release Palestinian detainee

Wednesday-25-December-2019

The Saudi group Prisoners of Conscience said Tuesday that the Saudi authorities released Palestinian engineer Bashar Anees who was one of about 60 Palestinians arrested arbitrarily in last April.

Saudi Arabia condemns last week’s Israeli attacks on Gaza

Wednesday-20-November-2019

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday condemned Israel’s aerial attacks on the Gaza Strip last week.

Gazans ask Saudi Monarch to release relatives

Thursday-17-October-2019

Many Palestinians including relatives of detainees in Saudi Arabia staged a rally on Wednesday in the Gaza Strip to demand the release of Palestinians in Saudi prisons.

BNC: Saudi soccer delegation’s visit “official normalization”

Wednesday-16-October-2019

The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) said that the Saudi soccer delegation’s visit to occupied Palestine at this particular time can only be regarded as “an act of official normalization” citing a decision by the Saudi team in 2015 refusing to enter the country.

PLC appeals to Saudi King to release Palestinian detainees

Tuesday-15-October-2019

The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) has appealed to Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz to order the release of dozens of Palestinian detainees in the Kingdom.