In the ‘Manifesto for Repression’ report, our analysis of a leaked draft of the penal code exposes Saudi authorities' promises of human rights reform as a charade. Indeed, the draft legislation would enable them to further crack down on human rights by codifying and entrenching existing problematic judicial practices such as the use of the death penalty as a primary punishment and the criminalisation of rights to freedom of expression and bodily autonomy, including defamation, questioning the integrity of the judiciary, consensual sexual relations, homosexuality and abortion.
Most - if not all - human rights defenders, women’s rights activists, independent journalists, writers and activists in the country have been arbitrarily detained for their human rights work or peaceful expression, put through prolonged unfair trials - most often by the infamous Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) - or released after serving their sentences but under conditions that include travel bans and other arbitrary restrictions to their fundamental rights, such as their ability to conduct peaceful activism.
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