DAMMAM: The National Society for Human Rights (NSRC) revealed that the number of complaints it received in 2016 reached 3,116.

The chairman of the NSHR, Mufleh Al-Qahtani, said that the 2016 report studied the problems facing society when dealing with governmental and non-governmental bodies in order to develop and improve performance, and revealed that it included some personal matters because conducting comprehensive and important studies is a must in order to find adequate solutions.

According to the report, the NSHR received 8,307 complaints in 2015 against 3,116 complaints in 2016; of these, 1,921 complaints were presented by men and 1,195 were from women.

According to Al-Hayat, the report shows that the rate of administrative cases reached 3.75 percent, rising by 0.07 percent. The cases of prisoners and domestic violence also rose, while personal status issues decreased by 0.48 percent. Civil status cases represented 7.24 percent, decreasing by 53.04 percent (the greatest decrease), while cases of violence against children rose by 3.56 percent.