Fundamentalism and its impact on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association 2016, para. 47
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Similar repression of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association has taken place in autocracies where all political power is concentrated in the hands of a single person or family and is often passed on hereditarily. Saudi Arabia, for example, bans political parties, criminalizes acts such as "breaking allegiance to the ruler" and "attempting to discredit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia", and has frequently detained, imprisoned and otherwise harassed activists and organizations critical of the Government (see A/HRC/29/50, case SAU 14/2014; A/HRC/28/85, case SAU 11/2014; and A/HRC/27/72, case SAU 5/2014).
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Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Families
Year
2016
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Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/32/36, para. 47.