The CDHRAP has a constant watch on the human rights violations in Saudi Arabia and every year the committee publishes its report about the illegal attempts and human rights violations of in the Arabian Peninsula by the Saudi leaders and officials.
The CDHRAP released its 2014 report on human rights violations in the Arabian Peninsula this week.
According to the report, the Saudi government continued controlling almost all aspects of citizens’ lives, denying them freedom of speech, assembly, and association.
The government officials exercised serious regressions in human rights and the human rights situation deteriorated in Saudi Arabia in 2014, said the report.
The Saudi security forces exercised serious abuses, including arbitrary arrests and torture and kidnapping. They also participated in armed attacks against the civilians. They terrorized people through carrying out a series of raids on the activists’ houses and carrying out extrajudicial killings of Shiite civilians.
The courts have handed down death sentences against Saudi citizens and Asian residents after trials that make no pretense of individualizing proof or providing a meaningful opportunity for a defense.
The CDHRAP said it has gathered information throughout the year (2014) from a variety of reliable sources inside and outside the country, including citizens, academics, and human rights activists as well as reports of international and regional organizations.
The report will be used as a reference for documenting serious human rights violations in the Arabian Peninsula.
There have been numerous demonstrations in Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich Eastern Province since 2011, with the protesters calling for political reform and an end to widespread discrimination. Several people have been killed and many others injured or arrested during the demonstrations.
Activists say there are over 30,000 political prisoners in Saudi Arabia.
The Al Saud government has come under fire from international human rights organizations for failing to address the rights situation in the monarchy. They say Riyadh has persistently implemented repressive policies that stifle freedom of expression, association, and assembly.
