Overview

• Late May footage and survivor accounts have renewed scrutiny of Dar al-Reaya, secretive care homes where women and girls are held for perceived 'disobedience'.
• Video from a Khamis Mushair facility shows security officers dragging detainees by their hair and beating them with belts and sticks during a sit-in protest.
• Activists report that inmates face lashings for minor infractions such as missing prayers or being alone with other women, and endure forced indoctrination and drugging.
• Detainees cannot leave without a male guardian’s consent and risk indefinite transfers to related ‘guest homes’ if approval is withheld.
• Saudi officials maintain the homes are voluntary shelters and deny abuse allegations, while human rights groups argue Vision 2030 reforms have failed to end core guardianship abuses.