The era of secrecy about what happens behind closed doors to women in Saudi Arabia is over.
@W_Elkhereiji
is a rich and powerful man in the Kingdom, a deputy foreign minister. He is member of the Shura, the 150 member body of advisors to the King, and the former Ambassador to
OMG EXCLUSIVE: Safiye Elkhereji, daughter of
@W_Elkhereiji
who is a high ranking Saudi Arabian official and who was the ambassador to Turkey when Jamal Khashoggi was murdered, has committed suicide.
OMG obtains audio from Safiye’s friend with concerns about arranged marriages,
@ImtiazMadmood
Let’s break this down from the ground “women can drive” with the caveat that their guardians sign off. “leave their house without an escort” as long as their guardians don’t lock them in the house, remember the police return female runaways to their guardians. “divorce their
Saudi arabia wants to be the host for the Womens World Cup in 2035. As fans and as players we need to stand and say that it is unacceptable for a country that gives women no human rights should host. The Women’s World Cup is about more than soccer, its about empowering women all
SHE IS IN DANGER 🚨! On October 24th Bethany Al-Haidari will go before a judge who will decide if her Saudi ex-husband can take her daughter back to Saudi Arabia. If she follows her daughter back to Saudi she will face charges for being a women’s rights activist who spoke up
Another example of outright suppression of the voices of the people everywhere by the Saudi Regime.
Jamal was silenced but they didn’t stop there, they are going after anyone he might have shared conferences with. Anything he published that they can get their hands on and
Jamal Khashoggi's Washington Post editor,
@KarenAttiah
, was one of the most public faces in the aftermath of his murder. She signed a book deal with Harper Collins years ago, but the book has vanished. Of the people in Jamal's work life, Karen had more behind-the-scenes knowledge
Child custody in Saudi Arabia! At the age of seven boys get to choose and girls have to stay with their fathers even if they are rapists, child molesters, or just heavy-handed with the belt, they have to stay with their father. The decision of whether the parent is a good parent
We stand with the victims of the Saudi Regime!
@BethanyHaidari
Bethany Alhaidari on October 24th will be facing a judge in the United States who could rule that her daughter who is 8 years old should be returned to Saudi Arabia. She wants her daughter to grow up free and not
Mothers Imprisoned In Saudi Arabia For Asking For a Better Life.
None of these women deserve to be in prison, their human rights violated, and their bodies and minds tortured by a regime that claims to have improved the status of women. While the truth is, it's all for the
There are not as many of us as public as one would like with good reason, I hope that this conference gave you as much hope for change as it gave me. I hope it gave you a renewed hope and sense of the need to keep going for all those who are wrongfully tortured, detained,
Protests planned in London because of MBS’s planned visit. Together we can inspire change and bring about justice! We are a tribe of freedom and we have an important mission. Male guardianship, arbitrary arrests, torture & forced disappearances must end!
#WomenLifeFreedom
This
#MondayMotivation
, let's remember the power of collective action. Together, we can inspire change, demand justice, and make a difference in the world.
#NoRedCarpet
Stand together against injustice, torture, arbitrary arrests, forced disaperencces and male guardianship. We call on everyone to stand for the Women's rights activists being held and tortured arbitrarily in Saudi Arabia! They need our voices! Sept 27th, 6 PM AT 10 Downing Street!
Very proud to have attended The Quest for Democracy in Saudi Arabia Conference. I really want to thank
@politics_silent
@AmnestyMENA
@ALQST_En
, all the volunteers and speakers many of which flew in from all over the world for this historic day!
#المملكة_العربية_السعودية
Saudi Arabia has executed at least 78 persons in 2024 and is now running for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council this year.
#HRCelections2024
#DontVoteForKSA
This is one of the parts of the Capital of Saudi Arabia Riyadh - There is a great deal of poverty in Saudi Arabia despite what the media shows you. Unfortunately, instead of focusing on education, poverty, medical care, women’s rights, human rights, and everything else a nation
A big thank you to
@jfudge
for helping us raise awareness to the dire situation on the ground when it comes to women’s rights in Saudi Arabia and how the reality does not match what the regime is spinning in the media. A very big thank you to my co-host
@AlaaAllheydan
for her
Thank you to human rights activist
@EliseMEvans
for providing a contrasting opinion on this deal, given the heavy emphasis in the announcement about gender equality in SA.
30, 45, 20 years... Even one hour in prison for just tweeting about the state of prisons, the arbitrary arrests, male guardianship, and torture is unacceptable. Saudi Arabia can't move into the future no matter what #محمد_بن_سلمان thinks unless he listens to his people, their
KSA sentenced
#FatimaAlShawarbi
to more than 30 years in prison, due to her peaceful activism through a fake account on the Twitter.
Everything has become a red line in
#SaudiArabia
!
by
@daniaakkad
The Keynote speaker
@LeahRemini
at the Quest for Democracy in Saudi Arabia conference and why she was amazing!
I have seen so many keynote speakers but when a speaker is passionate and really connects with her audience - us the activists fighting for basic human rights in Saudi
@KjellKamfjord
@questfortruth10
@YasMohammedxx
Thank you both but Martin had a valid statement “I should thank my mother” but so many forget that she as well despite being married to a Saudi which sealed my fate, she had 5 other children that could have been taken from her and then she could have been deported or worse,
Today we talk seriously about democracy coming to Saudi Arabia. 🇸🇦 An honor to be here representing
@H_R_Matter
#المملكة_العربية_السعودية
#democracyforSaudiArabia
Saudi Arabia’s New Penal code was leaked on social media. Of course, while they deny that this is actually a draft they created just like they deny everything that makes them look bad. It is however clearly drafted by the same people who drafted the Personal Status Law that
We are stronger than they want us to know! We are the movement, we create the spark of change or we close our curtains hide inside & condemn in secret and create no change. Be the change you want to see, be the voice for those being tortured, forcibly disappeared and arbitrarily
@Kamergorodska
@YasMohammedxx
It’s a heartbreaking story but stories like hers are important to be told. Nothing can change if we allow ourselves to be shamed into silence. I am proud of her bravery!
Mohammad bin Salman is set to visit the UK at the end of this year. His last visit was postponed due to Calendar issues so they say, but it’s no coincidence that there were protests on Downing Street the last time he announced he was coming. If he wants to be seen as a reforming
@realMaalouf
A speech so politically formed as to illude every foreigner of its actual real meaning. He did not add the words “without male permission.
This is what he said - Saudi Arabia's religiously conservative rules constraining the actions and attire of women are showing signs of
The biggest crime in Saudi Arabia is speaking out. Despite what is being said, male guardianship still exist’s, despite women being allowed to travel without male guardianship permission we forget that the same male guardian can have them reported for disobedience that male
The Commission on the Status of Women has a clear mandate to promote women's rights and gender equality and it is vital for the chair of the commission to uphold this. Yet, it has been announced that Saudi Arabia was chosen to chair the forum. A country that codified male
This is what women face in Saudi Arabia even American citizens. There are no rights for women on the ground. Despite what the media tells you. They said we could drive, open a bank account and travel without permission but the personal status law codifies male guardianship and
Saudi Arabia: The Largest Maximum Security Prison For Women Wants To Host The Women's World Cup In 2035. Let's start with how absurd it is for this country to host the Women's World Cup. As a woman and a fan, I am personally appalled, and as a women's rights activist, I am
A note to any player who intends to play in the Women’s World Cup - If the Women’s World Cup is going to be held in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 RUN!!! The idea of a country that is prison for women hosting the Women’s World Cup is too preposterous for words.
@WomensWorldCup
stand for women’s
Allowing Saudi Arabia to host the Women’s World Cup while it simultaneously locks women up for criticizing the regime would be a shameful farce.
NUFCFAS will raise this with women's groups in
#Newcastle
|
@ArwaM
I get told “There is no poverty in Saudi Arabia” more than asked if there is poverty in Saudi Arabia after all how can that be in one of the richest countries on each but the truth is there is more poverty than the Saudi Regime wants you to know. I grew up there as a Saudi woman,
Saudi Dissidents Act! “The resolution introduced by Connolly, Kaine, and Warner serves as a reminder of the need to hold the Saudi government accountable for their actions and seek justice for Khashoggi’s murder. It is a call to action to protect the rights of dissidents and
Life In Saudi Arabia online says “Yara Al-Haqbani, the 🇸🇦 Saudi female 🎾 tennis star, is making the nation proud”…
Except what I can’t help but point out is that if she was wearing that outfit on the streets of Riyadh and was not who she was, she would be arrested. A law for
Saudi colonel defects and speaks out, expressing concern over forced disappearances, called Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s Vision 2030 strategy disastrous and tweeted about the Howeitat tribe, which rights groups say have been forcibly displaced to make way for the $500bn
Last year, he was asked to go to the Qatif to spy on Shia mosques & monitor their activities
To avoid violating anyone’s rights he said he told his superiors that he had planned a holiday with his family & couldn’t make it
#WeSupportRabih
#ندعم_رابح_العنزي
It's beautiful to see people coming together to raise awareness about the brave women who had the courage to speak out and paid for it with torture and long over-exaggerated prison sentences. Join them in April and stand against the Saudi regime using your sports teams to buy
Well done
@NewcastleAIA
for calling attention to the draconian jail sentences given to Saudi women, Salma al-Shehab & Nourah al-Qahtani - imprisoned for supporting free speech & human rights.
NUFCFAS is calling for another protest on April 27th 👇🏽
FIFA is complicit in the oppression of millions of women!
If the
@FIFAWorldCup
is held in Saudi Arabia the cup might as well be filled with the blood of the victims of the Saudi Regime, the children who were stolen from their mothers (
#BethanyAlhaidari
,
#CarlyMorris
), the pain
“If you can’t trust the integrity of the owner of a sports team you can’t trust the integrity of the game”. No to Saudi Sports-Washing. Bread and circuses to distract the media and the young Saudi population from the arbitrary arrests, trumped up charges, hefty prison sentences
Everyday we see models and celebrities in Saudi Arabia walking around in short skirts and yet they arrested a girl who posted a picture online of her outside in gym wear… Her real crime was that she talked back, spoke out and said the truth.
The Crown Prince was vague in his
A young women’s rights activist in Saudi Arabia, Manahel al-Otaibi, "was secretly sentenced to 11 years in prison by an anti-terrorism court after being arrested for 'her choice of clothing and support for women’s rights.'"
None of us are against progress but all of us are against injustice. Manahel al-Oteibi was locked up for “not wearing proper clothing” she was in gym clothes and these women were in swimsuits. Yet they are allowed to walk and she was sentenced to 11 years in prison. Open your
The difference between journalism and propaganda is when you only cover one side of the story.
Why is Manahel al-Oteibi in prison for not wearing an abaya?
Or is it « modernity » when we allow white women to live as they feel only?
Arabs can be behind bars and no one cares?
I just got off the phone with a woman whose child was taken away from her by a Saudi husband. These cases are more common than people realize and more often than not, the women are afraid to speak to the media about anything to do with the case, because they fear retribution will
@ThereAreTwoOfMe
@jfudge
@lilynchanta
It might be the safest she ever felt as a woman. Prison can feel really safe when you’re in it. I can add context and color. I can say Saudi Arabia is the largest maximum security prison for women but none of that applies to her as long as she goes where she is told and does what
STATUTORY RAPE IS LEGAL IN SAUDI ARABIA.
Think about that for a second.
This man is 80 years old and he is upset because his bride to be is 30. He says in this video he wants to marry a 13 year old as he kissed his fingers (A gesture that is often used for food or something
Every single new innovation the Saudi Regime rolls out that they will build, all those resort’s tourists want to stay at. Take a deeper look, they all cost the people very dearly and for the villagers living for generations on the land where Neom is being built. Neom in
Silence only emboldens the Saudi regime to continue its transnational repression! We must all remember that we are the voice of a generation and the archive for the next. What we speak out about has power otherwise they would not bother to come after us.
#endmaleguardianship
The fact that the Saudi Regime is heavily threatening and trolling members of NUFC means they are hitting a nerve That tells us we are succeeding where they hope we will fail. We have already seen MBS reschedule his planned visits to the UK because of fear of mass protests. If
NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing were trolled by the Etidal Global Centre for Combating Extremist Ideology in Riyad for opposing the dictatorship's ownership of our club.
#AmberHeard
was probably trolled from the same centre.
@AlexiMostrous
@EmmaBarnett
@NoSaudiToon
is looking forward to participating in this European wide online meeting to talk about launching a European wide fan-led initiative to oppose nation state ownership of our ⚽️ clubs & to
#RECLAIMTHEGAME
for the fans.
DM for more details & to get involved.
Deception gathers, and now my watch begins. I shall wear no crowns, win no glory and seek no fame. I shall live and die at my post. I am the voice standing against the Saudi Regime’s army of flies. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that speaks out for the protection
On this day 15 years ago, this is a picture of me and
@antonioguterres
the current head of the UN. I learned a lot in the UN but sadly the one thing they did not teach me was Human Rights and Justice. Only politics.
“News that Saudi Arabia, the human rights black hole, is on course to host the 2034 World Cup, is grim.
Even as the Gulf state basks in the glow of hosting a global celebration of the beautiful game, elsewhere in the Kingdom, beyond the event horizon of glitz and glamour, people
A Response to Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud’s letter to the Washington Post about Women’s Tennis.
@rbalsaud
@washingtonpost
#المملكه_العربيه_السعودية
One by one together we make a difference in ending male guardianship, in preventing the Saudi Regime using sports clubs to sportswash away the real situation on the ground. Silence helps no one but speaking helps us all!
#المملكة_العربية_السعودية
#VisitSaudi
#mbs
Any deal between the United States and Saudi Arabia that gives Saudi Arabia a security guarantee, but does not include guarantees for the rights of women and US citizens living in Saudi Arabia is unacceptable. Period.
#biden
#usa
#SaudiArabia
#PresidentBiden
#محمد_بن_سلمان
It is true that MBS wants people to see Saudi Arabia as a place known for something other than the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi, kidnapping, torture, arbitrary arrests and forced disappearances of activists and journalists. Pretty much anyone who speaks against the Saudi
Saudi Arabia’s Investments Raise Questions of ‘Sportswashing’
What investments has Saudi Arabia made?
When Has Saudi Arabia Invested in Sports?
Why is Saudi Arabia investing in sports?
How has the United States responded?
Are other countries sportswashing?
Are more investments
If you google
@amazon
code of ethics you will find this lovely page. .
“While it is the duty of governments to protect human rights, Amazon recognizes our responsibility to respect and uphold internationally recognized human rights through the ethical
What 'concerns' were addressed?
Not one condemnation of the oppression of women & increased number of executions by anyone at the club or those connected, including people who make a living from
#NUFC
Presumably Staveley means access is given to sympathetic journalists who.. 1/2
Maybe you’ve heard of a magical place where we build a wall that reaches the sky.
Maybe you’ve heard of a terrible place where justice and human rights go to die
Where the cars can fly and tea is free but you won’t walk off, if you report what you see.
Welcome my friends to
An amazing Twitter space where they discussed Women's rights. I am so proud of every single woman who took part in this discussion today. Especially
@AlaaAllheydan
. When I hear discussions like this my heart grows and sings. This time is ours and our time is here. No one can take
Modern day slavery.
The Kafala system/Sponsorship system.
The Male Guardianship System.
All are major human rights violations and as Ahmed’s story below shows once you enter the country just forget having any rights.
Male or Female, Rich or Poor, Educated or Not, you are at
If you want to know more about the migrant workers in Saudi Arabia and the problems and abuses they might face there, the story of Ahmed Abdulumer’s father may be useful.
#صباح_الخير
#يوم_التاسيس
#لجنة_الانضباط_والأخلاق
Let this be a lesson to you
@Capt__Majed
if you harass a woman who is looking only for peace and freedom from the Saudi Regime that keeps us under male guardianship as little more than slaves, you will be exposed. We will not back down and we will not remain silent.
This man been stalking me and asking my friends information about me for awhile!
now he’s attacking me for putting my story as a victim of abuse on social media and he is threatening me with consequences⛔️
First of all, I don’t have any relationship with my abusers(family),
If you could not tune in live here is the recording. Thank you everyone who tuned in and participated in our strive for a better brighter Saudi Arabia.
“Wall Street Journal:
With Russia's absence from the Ukrainian peace talks summit in Jeddah; Saudi officials are not expected to succeed in making any progress on the results, so this will not be a typical conference.” - Precisely, right. This is because it’s all for show. Sports
وول ستريت جورنال:
مع غياب روسيا عن قمة محادثات السلام الأوكرانية في جدة؛ لا يُتوقع من المسؤولين السعوديين أن ينجحوا في إحراز أي تقدم في النتائج، لذا لن يكون هذا مؤتمر نموذجي.
Meet a woman who dared to speak! In her book Daring to drive, she said, “There can be no modern Saudi kingdom as long as women are still ruled by men”. She is 100% correct. No matter what our defacto ruler MBS does for what he considers to be the the
As they say the proof is self evident. All the strides the Saudi regime tells the media they’re making in terms of women’s rights are nothing more than window dressing on a really bad window.
#endmaleguardianship
#المملكة_العربية_السعودية
#Saudi_Arabia