Hamza Kashgari was preparing to seek political asylum in New Zealand in light of the likely death sentence he faces in Saudi Arabia for expressing his religious views. (Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – New ...

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Human Rights Watch researcher Adam Coogle reported on the sentence. Fayadh was first detained by the Saudi religious police in 2013 and rearrested and tried in the early part of 2014. At first a court ...

A Yemeni man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in Saudi Arabia for promoting "apostasy, unbelief and atheism" online, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. LONDON, Dec 20 (Reuters) - A Yemeni man ...

Riyadh (AsiaNews) - The Saudi authorities have released from prison - well beyond the expiry of his term - the Palestinian-born poet Ashraf Fayadh, who was sentenced in 2016 to eight years in prison ...

Saudi Arabia overturned the death sentence of Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh, accused of apostasy and other blasphemy-related offenses which he denies, to eight years imprisonment and 800 lashes.

RIYADH, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The editor of a Saudi Arabian website could be sentenced to death after a judge cited him for apostasy and moved his case to a higher court, the monitoring group Human ...

Human Rights Watch said Monday a Saudi court had sentenced a Yemeni man to 15 years for apostasy, urging the kingdom to prioritise decriminalising blasphemy amid a modernisation drive. The Barron's ...