Human rights group urges Saudi cooperation

Riyadh: The Saudi government often repeatedly ignores its citizens complaints leaving many issues unresolved, according to the President of Saudi Arabia’s National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) Dr. Moflih Al Qahtani.

“We want to unearth reality and bring justice to the victims,” he said, urging government agencies to be more cooperative.

Last year, the NSHR received a total of 4,125 complaints, 31 per cent of which came from women. Twenty-one per cent of the complaints were to do with domestic abuse.

The society has received 21,016 complaints over the years. Each year, the complaints rose in number. Last year, however, the society received three times the amount of complaints.

Cases concerning prisoners made up 16 per cent of the complaints, and workers 9 per cent. The percentage of abuse against children was on the bottom of the list with 1.7 per cent.