The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has released the third report on human rights in Saudi Arabia under the title “Ambitious leadership and poor performance of institutions.” The report highlighted issues such as fighting corruption, preserving the rights of individuals when dealing with government bodies, judicial system development, supporting human rights institutions, supporting citizens' rights for economic, social, cultural and living conditions and improving women rights. The third report on human rights in Saudi Arabia comes as an extension to the previous NSHR reports. It aims to highlight the reality of human rights in the country and looks into the positive and negative changes that occurred since the release of the last report. The NSHR used the same methodology that has been adopted in previous reports which is based on complaints, inspection visits and interviews, local media reports and noting the release of regulations and instructions, and what is proposed, implemented and applied. The cases received through NHSR head office in Riyadh and its regional branches reached almost 30,000 since the establishment of the Society in 2004. Saleh Al-Khathlan, NSHR Vice President and official spokesman, said that the report has monitored the past four years since the release of the previous report in 2008. “We have noticed a will of change but unfortunately the poor performance of government bodies has resulted in the lack of human rights,” he said. According to Al-Khathlan, the report will be sent to all government institutions since it's a comprehensive report. The NSHR report criticized the Shoura Council's limited powers and the lack of a real regulatory role. Al-Khathlan also said that for the first time Saudis abroad have been mentioned in the report. The report also focused on prisoners and security detainees with __
