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18 Oct 2022

Saudi Arabia: Members of Indigenous Al-Howeiti tribe receive death sentences after opposing NEOM mega-project land evictions; co. did not respond

Saudi Arabia desert

In October 2022, three men - Shadli Al-Huwaiti, Atallah Al-Huwaiti and Ibrahim Al-Huwaiti - were sentenced to death after they opposed ongoing evictions from land set aside for construction of the NEOM megaproject in Saudi Arabia. All three men were from the Al-Howeiti tribe, which has long opposed the project amid land rights infringements. NGO Al Qst has called for the men's "immediate and unconditional release".

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited NEOM Co. to respond to the sentences; it did not provide a response.