Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Citizenship and Country Documents
US Government Reports
- State Department – Country Documents
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- SAU106227.E - Saudi Arabia: Residency permits through sponsorship, including the foreigner's family members eligible to be sponsored; the process for a sponsor to revoke their sponsorship and whether the foreigner receives documentation that the sponsorship has been revoked – Jan. 2019
- SAU106224.E - Saudi Arabia: Range of documents and information available to an individual through the Ministry of Interior (MOI) website; information required in order to access personal information through government websites – Jan. 2019
- SAU105539.E - Situation of Bidoons, including ability to obtain a passport; whether a person born to a Saudi mother and Bidoon father can obtain Saudi citizenship, and would be issued a Saudi passport as a minor - Jun 2016
- SAU105398.E - Exit procedures and documents required for resident foreigners who leave the country; exit visas and their appearance; whether the Iqama is cancelled when a resident leaves the country; whether someone holding a valid Iqama can return to the country after leaving; whether foreign workers who are forced to retire can remain in the country - Jan. 2016
- ZZZ105007.E - Requirements and procedures for a citizen of Ethiopia to obtain an Ethiopian biometric passport in Saudi Arabia; instances in which a passport would not be issued after application - Nov. 2014
- ZZZ104924.E - Work and residence permits; citizenship rights for children born to Syrians in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - August 2014
- SAU41575.E - Saudi Arabia - Whether citizenship is granted by virtue of being born in Saudi Arabia; whether the children of a permanent resident of Saudi Arabia be considered citizens by sole virtue of their birth in that country; whether a citizen of Pakistan who has resided in Saudi Arabia for 28 years as a permanent resident can apply and eventually obtain Saudi citizenship - June 2003
Non-Government Reports
- Amnesty International
- Saudi Arabia: “It’s like we are not human”: Forced returns, abhorrent detention conditions of Ethiopian migrants in Saudi Arabia - Dec. 2022
Children
US Government Reports
- United States Commission on International Religious Freedom - Special Reports
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- SAU106048.E: Saudi Arabia: Residence status of foreign husbands married to Saudi women and children born to foreign fathers and Saudi mothers, including access to employment, education, health care and other services, and the ability to travel in and out of the country – Jan. 2018
- SAU41553.E - Saudi Arabia - Follow-up to SAU40228.E of 29 October 2002 on whether Saudi Arabian laws concerning child custody are applicable to Palestinians in Saudi Arabia, and parental rights with regard to child custody following a divorce - May 2003
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International Reports
- Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
- Child Soldiers Global Report - 2008
- Human Rights Watch
- Adults Before Their Time – Children in Saudi Arabia’s Criminal Justice System – March 2008
Corruption
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Disabilities
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Elections
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Election Guide – Recent Elections
Ethnic Groups / Race
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- SAU104729.E - Treatment of racial minorities, particularly black African Saudi nationals, by society and authorities - January 2014
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Human Rights Watch
- The Ismailis of Najran: Second-class Saudi Citizens – Sept. 2008
- Minority Rights Group International - State of the World's Minorities - 2016
Sex
US Government Reports
- United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Women in the Middle East and North Africa: Issues for Congress – Dec. 2021
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- SAU106048.E: Saudi Arabia: Residence status of foreign husbands married to Saudi women and children born to foreign fathers and Saudi mothers, including access to employment, education, health care and other services, and the ability to travel in and out of the country – Jan. 2018
- SAU100598.FE - Forced and arranged marriages; people who arrange the marriages; whether such marriages take place within the extended family; the age of couples who are married through forced and arranged marriages; whether one can refuse an arranged marriage; whether arranged marriages are limited to a particular religious or social group (2003 - 2005) - October 2005
- SAU43102.FE - Treatment of a man who had sexual relations with a woman who was already engaged to another man, including his treatment by Saudi society, by the woman's family, by her fiancé's family and by Saudi authorities - November 2004
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International
- Saudi Arabia: Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: 89th Session, 07-25 October 2024 - Sept. 2024
- Manifesto for Repression: Saudi Arabia’s Forthcoming Penal Code Must Uphold Human Rights in Line with International Law and Standards - Mar. 2024
- Human Rights Watch Profiles
- Trapped - How Male Guardianship Policies Restrict Women’s Travel and Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa - July 2023
- Boxed In: Women and Saudi Arabia's Male Guardianship System - July 2016
- “Steps of the Devil” Denial of Women and Girls’ Right to Sport in Saudi Arabia - February 2012
- Perpetual Minors – Human Rights Abuses Stemming from Male Guardianship and Sex Segregation in Saudi Arabia – April 2008
Human Rights
US Government Reports
- State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- SAU105183.E - Rights of non-citizens born in Saudi Arabia to non-citizen Saudi-born parents, including residency, employment, education and access to social services; whether a non-citizen can return to Saudi Arabia after the "Return Before" date on their re-entry visa has lapsed - May 2015
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International Global Report: Death Sentences and Executions – 2020
- Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The state of the world’s human rights - Mar. 2023
- Amnesty International
- Playing a Dangerous Game? Human Rights Risks Linked to the 2030 and 2034 FIFA World Cups - June 2024
- Manifesto for Repression: Saudi Arabia’s Forthcoming Penal Code Must Uphold Human Rights in Line with International Law and Standards - Mar. 2024
- Saudi Arabia: “It’s like we are not human”: Forced returns, abhorrent detention conditions of Ethiopian migrants in Saudi Arabia - Dec. 2022
- Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Review of 2018
- Affront to Justice - Death Penalty in Saudi Arabia - Oct 2008
- Freedom House
- Human Rights Watch – 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
- Human Rights Watch Profiles
- “Die First, and I'll Pay You Later” Saudi Arabia’s ‘Giga-Projects’ Built on Widespread Labor Abuses - Dec. 2024
- Trapped - How Male Guardianship Policies Restrict Women’s Travel and Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa - July 2023
- The High Cost of Change: Repression Under Saudi Crown Prince Tarnishes Reforms – Nov. 2019
- Challenging the Red Lines – Stories of Rights Activists in Saudi Arabia – Dec. 2013
- “As If I Am Not Human” - Abuses against Asian Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia - July 2008
- Denied Dignity - Systematic Discrimination and Hostility toward Saudi Shia Citizens - September 2009
Justice System
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International
- Manifesto for Repression: Saudi Arabia’s Forthcoming Penal Code Must Uphold Human Rights in Line with International Law and Standards - Mar. 2024
- Covid-19 Crackdowns - Police Abuse and the Global Pandemic – Dec. 2020
- “This Is Worse Than Covid-19” Ethiopians Abandoned and Abused in Saudi Prisons – Oct. 2020
- Muzzling Critical Voices: Politicized Trials Before Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court – Feb. 2020
- Dissident Voices Stifled in the Eastern Province - May 2012
- Human Rights Watch Profiles
- “Caught in a Web” Treatment of Pakistanis in the Saudi Criminal Justice System – March 2018
- Human Rights and Saudi Arabia’s Counterterrorism Response – Religious Counseling, Indefinite Detention, and Flawed Trials – August 2009
- Precarious Justice – Arbitrary Detention and Unfair Trials in the Deficient Criminal Justice System of Saudi Arabia – March 2008
Law
US Government Reports
- United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
Maps
- University of Texas at Austin - Map Collection
Medical Availability
Intergovernmental Organization Reports
- World Health Organization - Saudi Arabia Page
Political Figures and Parties
US Government Reports
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Saudi Arabia – Feb. 2022
- CIA - Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- SAU43129.E - Al-Islahiyeen (a group of liberal reformers in Saudi Arabia); treatment by the government; size; goals - November 2014
Non-Governmental Organization Reports
- Human Rights Watch Profiles
- Looser Rein, Uncertain Gain - A Human Rights Assessment of Five Years of King Abdullah’s Reforms in Saudi Arabia - September 2010
Refugees
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- SAU40789.E - Status of a Palestinian who returns to Saudi Arabia after studying abroad for one year; requirements for return; situation of Palestinians in Saudi Arabia - January 2003
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International
- Saudi Arabia: “It’s like we are not human”: Forced returns, abhorrent detention conditions of Ethiopian migrants in Saudi Arabia - Dec. 2022
- Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
- Severity of internal displacement Report - Nov. 2021
Religion
US Government Reports
- State Department International Religious Freedom Report - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, July - Dec. 2010, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
- US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
- US Commission on International Religious Freedom Special Reports
- Saudi Guardianship: Guardianship, Women, and Religious Freedom in Saudi Arabia – Nov. 2020
- Country Update: Religious Freedom Conditions in Saudi Arabia in 2019 – Jan. 2020
- Study Revealed Numerous Passages in Saudi Textbooks Advocating Intolerance and Violence – May 2018
- A Survey of 2017-2018 Saudi Middle and High School Textbooks – Nov. 2018
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Human Rights Watch Profiles
- “They Are Not Our Brothers” Hate Speech by Saudi Officials – Sept. 2017
- Institute on Religion and Public Policy - Religious Freedom in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Minority Rights Group International - Still invisible – the stigmatization of Shi’a and other religious minorities in Saudi Arabia – Dec. 2015
Sexual Orientation
US Government Reports
- U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom - Factsheet on Shari’a and LGBTI Persons – March 2021
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- SAU102125.E - Treatment of homosexuals by authorities and by society in general; recourse available to those who have been targeted because of their sexual orientation - March 2007
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International
- Manifesto for Repression: Saudi Arabia’s Forthcoming Penal Code Must Uphold Human Rights in Line with International Law and Standards - Mar. 2024
Speech / Press / Internet
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International
- Eliminating dissent: Amnesty International’s submission to the 45th session of the UPR Working Group, January-February 2024 - Sept. 2023
- Eliminating dissent: Amnesty International’s submission to the 45th session of the UPR Working Group, January-February 2024 - Aug. 2023
- Saudi Arabia’s Post-G20 Crackdown On Expression: Resumption Of Crackdown On Free Speech, Human Rights Activism And Use Of The Death Penalty – Aug. 2021
- Freedom House
Timeline
Media
Trafficking
US Government Reports
- State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Trafficking in Persons - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International
- Manifesto for Repression: Saudi Arabia’s Forthcoming Penal Code Must Uphold Human Rights in Line with International Law and Standards - Mar. 2024
Terrorism
US Government Reports
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International
- Assaulting Human Rights In The Name of Counter-Terrorism - July 2009
Torture
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