Transnational Repression on EU Soil · #FreeAlKhalidi
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All known press coverage, news reports, and human rights organisation statements about the case, organised by year and language.

2026

2026 — Latest coverage

Most recent reporting as the case continues before Strasbourg and Bulgarian courts.

ALQST · Apr 2026

MEPs write to Bulgarian government expressing concern

Coverage of the 18-MEP letter urging protection and warning against deportation.

English
1 Apr 2026
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SANAD UK · Mar 2026

MEPs urge Bulgaria to release Saudi activist and warn against deportation

Coverage of the 18-MEP letter to the Bulgarian Prime Minister.

English
23 Mar 2026
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2025 · English

2025 — International press and NGO reports

HRRC · Nov 2025

Multiple Human Rights Organizations Urge Bulgaria to Halt Deportation

Summary of the 20+ NGO joint appeal.

English
14 Nov 2025
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GCHR · Oct 2025

Another Six-Month Extension of Detention

Gulf Centre for Human Rights update on further extension and renewed health concerns.

English
Oct 2025
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Novinite · 2025

MEPs Demand Action on Bulgaria's Continued Detention

English-language Bulgarian coverage of MEP interventions.

English
2025
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Middle East Monitor · Apr 2025

Bulgaria Authorities Defy Court Order, Continue Unlawful Detention

Report on continued detention after the March 2025 release order.

English
2 Apr 2025
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Balkan Insight · Apr 2025

Bulgaria Still Detaining Saudi Activist Despite Court Release Order

Svetoslav Todorov reporting on the defied release order.

English
1 Apr 2025
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HRW · Mar 2025

Bulgaria: Saudi Activist at Risk of Deportation

Statement by 20 organisations calling on Bulgaria to suspend deportation.

English
10 Mar 2025
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Melting Pot Europa · Apr 2025

Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi Is at Serious Risk of Deportation

Report on deportation risk and detention reclassification.

English
Apr 2025
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2024 · English

2024 — International press (English)

Foreign Policy · Sep 2024

A Hunger Strike in the Schengen Zone

Ashira Morris

Long-form investigation into the detention, deportation order, and 15-day hunger strike.

English
4 Sep 2024
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HRW · Mar 2024

Bulgaria: Don't Deport Saudi Activist

HRW statement warning against deportation to Saudi Arabia.

English
7 Mar 2024
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Balkan Insight · Jul 2024

Bulgarians Call For Release of Saudi Dissident on Hunger Strike

Svetoslav Todorov

Sofia protests and hunger strike coverage.

English
5 Jul 2024
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Article 19 · Mar 2024

Bulgaria: Release Saudi Activist and Grant Asylum

Joint NGO statement on asylum and non-refoulement obligations.

English
Mar 2024
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Global Detention Project · 2024

The Alarming Case of Detained Saudi Journalist Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi

Institutional analysis of detention conditions and procedure.

English
2024
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2024 · Français / Polski / Italiano

2024 — European press

Mediapart · Nov 2024

Un activiste saoudien menacé d'expulsion par la Bulgarie

Maïa Courtois

French investigation on deportation risk and Saudi reach in Europe.

Français
4 Nov 2024
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Courrier des Balkans · Dec 2024

Bulgarie: un dissident saoudien sur le point d'être déporté

French-language coverage of the deportation risk.

Français
5 Dec 2024
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Salam Lab · Nov 2024

Saudyjski dysydent Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi musi być wolny

Polish article arguing the Saudi dissident must be free.

Polski
7 Nov 2024
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2024 · Български

2024 — Bulgarian-language press

Свободна Европа · Apr 2024

Бит ли е саудитски дисидент в Бусманци?

Radio Free Europe Bulgaria report on the alleged beating at Busmantsi.

Български
5 Apr 2024
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Тоест · Mar 2024

Между чука на корупцията и наковалнята на бюрокрацията

Светла Енчева

Why Bulgaria is seeking to expel the Saudi dissident.

Български
11 Mar 2024
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Тоест · Jul 2024

Над две седмици гладна стачка

Светла Енчева

Hunger strike, accusations against authorities.

Български
24 Jul 2024
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Свободна Европа · Sep 2024

„Свобода или смърт": Как един саудитски дисидент се бори

Павела Костова

Hunger strike and deportation case feature.

Български
20 Sep 2024
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Свободна Европа · Oct 2024

„Започва да губи дух". Петиция поиска освобождаването

Petition to the Bulgarian President and Council of Ministers.

Български
7 Oct 2024
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Маргиналия · Sep 2024

Срамно решение на АССГ за Абдулрахман ал-Халиди

Commentary on a Sofia Administrative Court decision.

Български
11 Sep 2024
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Маргиналия · Oct 2024

Абдулрахман ал-Халиди — тест за българската съвест

The case framed as a test of Bulgarian conscience.

Български
26 Oct 2024
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Маргиналия · Nov 2024

Това е дългата ръка на Саудитска Арабия в Европа

Bulgarian coverage of the Mediapart investigation on Saudi reach.

Български
8 Nov 2024
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