Joint Committee on Human Rights at UK Parliament Publishes Report on Transnational Repression — SANAD Cited as a Source

The UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has released a new report revealing that Saudi Arabia is among the countries accused of practicing transnational repression against dissidents residing in the United Kingdom. The report highlights tactics such as surveillance, threats, intimidation, and the misuse of Interpol red notices to target activists and political opponents abroad.

Saudi Arabia was classified among the “concerning states” expanding their repressive influence beyond their borders, with dissidents in the UK among those most at risk.

In a joint report by the Human Rights Committees of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, Sanad Human Rights Organization was named as one of the contributors, having submitted a detailed written report exposing Saudi authorities’ methods of targeting activists abroad.

SANAD’s submission documented multiple tactics, including digital surveillance and hacking of dissidents’ phones, physical assaults on activists in the UK, death threats and blackmail via family members, and pressure on relatives inside Saudi Arabia to silence opposition or force their return.

The Committee stressed that such practices pose a direct threat to public freedoms and the safety of UK residents, calling for stronger action to counter them.