Omani human rights advocate Talib al-Saedi 'forcibly disappeared', rights group says

Omani human rights advocate Talib al-Saedi has reportedly been forcibly disappeared by the country's Internal Security Service (ISS), according to the Gulf Centre for Human Rights. Saedi was called into the ISS office in Sohar on November 30 and has not been heard from since, with no access to his family or a lawyer. He has been previously arrested for his peaceful human rights activities, including calling for a march in solidarity with Palestine and advocating for reform online. The incident is contextualized within Oman's broader use of repression and censorship laws to silence activists and journalists who criticize the sultan and his government.