ALQST's Political Prisoners database documents those who have been detained by Saudi Arabia’s authorities in recent years in violation of their fundamental human rights and/or as a result of unfair, discriminatory or disproportionate proceedings which appear to be politically motivated (political prisoners). The overwhelming majority of cases included are also prisoners of conscience, meaning those who have been detained for peacefully exercising these fundamental rights.

Given the difficulty of obtaining information on the ground, it is not possible to know the full extent of such arrests, which means that the individuals featured here, along with the violations to which they are subjected, are likely to represent only a fraction of the true total.

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Abdel Nasser Ahmad al-Huwaiti

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Abdul Rahman al-Shumayri

Academic

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Abdulaziz al-Abdullatif

Cleric

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Abdulaziz al-Dukhail

Family member of political prisoner , Writer

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Abdulaziz Al-Ghamdi

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Abdulaziz al-Hais

Writer

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Abdulaziz Al-Mesha’al

Women’s rights activist

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Abdulaziz Al-Odah

Blogger , Family member of political prisoner

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Abdulaziz al-Shubaily

ACPRA Member , Human rights activist

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Abdulaziz al-Sunaidi

Human rights activist

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Abdulaziz Al-Zahrani

Academic

prisoner

Abdulilah Rashid Ibrahim al-Huwait

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Abdulkarim al-Khodr

Academic , ACPRA Member , Human rights activist

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Abdullah al-Atawi

Human rights activist

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Abdullah al-Derazi

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Abdullah al-Duhailan

Writer

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Abdullah al-Hamid

Academic , ACPRA Member , Human rights activist

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Abdullah al-Huwaiti

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Abdullah al-Maliki

Academic , Writer

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Abdullah al-Mubaraki

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Abdullah al-Shehri

Human rights activist , Lawyer

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Abdullah al-Yahya

Writer

prisoner

Abdullah Dakhil Allah al-Huwaiti

prisoner

Abdullah Ibrahim Al Sayel

Human rights activist

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Abdullah Jelan

prisoner

Abdulmajeed al-Buluwi

Writer

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Abdulmohsen Al-Ahmad

Writer

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Abdulrahman al-Dowaish

Family member of political prisoner

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Abdulrahman al-Hamid

Academic , ACPRA Member

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Abdulrahman al-Sadhan

prisoner

Abdulrahman al-Sheikhi

Blogger

prisoner

Abdulrahman Alshehri

Writer

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Abdulwahhab al-Dowaish

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Abeer Namankany

Academic , Human rights activist

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Adel Banaima

Academic , Journalist

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Adel Sayed Ibrahim Fakir

prisoner

Adelrahman Farhanah

Journalist

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Adil Allubad

, Writer

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Ahmad Al-Saab

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Ahmad al-Sawian

Journalist , Writer

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Ahmed Abdel Nasser al-Huwaiti

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Ahmed al-Amari al-Zahrani

Cleric

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Ahmed al-Amira

Government official

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Ahmed al-Rashed

Lawyer

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Ahmed Mushaikhs

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Aida al-Ghamdi

--

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Aisha al-Mana

Academic

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Alaa Brinji

Journalist

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Alabbas al-Maliki

Family member of political prisoner

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Ali Abu al-Hassan

Academic , Writer

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Ali al-Amri

Academic , Cleric , Journalist

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Ali Al-juhani

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Ali al-Mabiyouq

prisoner

Ali al-Saffar

Writer

prisoner

Ali al-Shammari

prisoner

Ali Alshdwe

Writer

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Ali Badahdah

Academic

prisoner

Ali Hassan al-Subaiti

prisoner

Amal al-Harbi

Blogger

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Amer al-Alma’i

Academic

prisoner

Anas al-Mazrou

Academic

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Aqel al-Bahili

Human rights activist , Journalist

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Ashraf Fayadh

prisoner

Asma al-Subeaei

Blogger

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Ataullah Musa Muhammad al- Huwaiti

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Awadh al-Qarni

Academic , Cleric

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Ayman al-Drees

Women’s rights activist

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Aziza al-Yousef

Academic , Human rights activist

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Bader al-Ibrahim

Writer

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Bader al-Rashed

Writer

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Basma bint Saud al-Saud

Human rights activist

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Dawood al-Ali

Blogger

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Dina Ali

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Eid Hmoud al-Mashouri al-Huwaiti

prisoner

Eman al-Nafjan

Academic , Blogger , Human rights activist , Women’s rights activist , Writer

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Essa al-Nukheifi

Human rights activist

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Essam al-Zamel

Blogger , Family member of political prisoner

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Essam Koshak

Human rights activist

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Fadhel al-Manasef

Blogger , Human rights activist

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Fadhil Al-Shoulah

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Fadhil Al-Sulaiman

--

prisoner

Fahad Abalkhail

prisoner

Fahad Abdulaziz Al-araini

-- , Human rights activist ,

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Fahad Al Sunaidi

Journalist

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Fahad al-Fahad

Human rights activist

prisoner

Farajallah Ahmed Yousef

prisoner

Fatima al-Shawarbi

Blogger

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Fatima ِAl-Nassif

--

prisoner

Fawzan al-Ghaslan

prisoner

Fawzan al-Harbi

ACPRA Member , Human rights activist

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Fayez Ben Damakh

Journalist ,

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Fuad al-Farhan

Blogger

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Gurom al-beshi

Cleric

prisoner

Habeeb al-Loiheq

prisoner

Hamoud Al-Amri

Cleric

prisoner

Hassan al-Faraj

prisoner

Hassan Farhan al-Maliki

Cleric

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Hatoon al-Fassi

Academic , Human rights activist , Journalist , Women’s rights activist

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Hessa Al Shaikh

Academic , Writer

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Hezam Al-ahmari

prisoner

Hussain Abu al-Raha

prisoner

Hussain Al-Radhi

Cleric

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Ibrahim al-Faris

Academic

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Ibrahim al-Harthi

prisoner

Ibrahim al-Mudaimeegh

Human rights activist , Lawyer , Women’s rights activist

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Ibrahim Al-Nasser

Cleric

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Ibrahim al-Sakran

prisoner

Ibrahim Al-Turki

Cleric

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Ibrahim al-Yamani

Academic

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Ibrahim Saleh Ahmed al-Huwaiti

prisoner

Israa Al-Ghomgham

Human rights activist

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Issa al-Hamid

ACPRA Member , Human rights activist

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Jalal al-Labad

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Jamal al-Najem

Academic

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Jamil Farsi

, Journalist

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Jawad Qureiris

prisoner

Khadija al-Harbi

prisoner

Khaled al-Alkami

Blogger

prisoner

Khaled al-Mahoush

Writer

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Khaled al-Odah

Academic , Family member of political prisoner

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Khaled al-Ojaimi

Human rights activist

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Khaled al-Omair

Human rights activist

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Khidr Alawami

Cleric

prisoner

Lina Alsharif

prisoner

Loujain al-Hathloul

Human rights activist , Women’s rights activist

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Loujain Daghestani

prisoner

Madiha al-Ajroush

Women’s rights activist

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Maha Al-Rafidi

Journalist , Writer

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Maha Suleiman Al-Qarani al-Huwaiti

prisoner

Mahdia Marzougui

prisoner

Malek al-Dowaish

prisoner

Malik al-Ahmad

Academic , Journalist

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Manahel al-Otaibi

Blogger , Women’s rights activist

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Marwan al-Muraisy

Journalist , Writer

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Maryam al-Otaibi

Human rights activist , Women’s rights activist

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Mayaa al-Zahrani

Human rights activist , Women’s rights activist

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Maysaa al-Manea

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Menawer al Abdali

--

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Mohamed al-Otaibi

Human rights activist

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Mohammad al-Bisher

Academic , Journalist

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Mohammad Al-Habib

Cleric

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Mohammed al Barrak

Academic , Cleric

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Mohammed al-Bajadi

ACPRA Member , Human rights activist

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Mohammed al-Ghamdi

Academic

prisoner

Mohammed al-Habdan

Cleric

prisoner

Mohammed al-Hajji

prisoner

Mohammed al-Hudaif

Cleric

prisoner

Mohammed al-Humaidhi

prisoner

Mohammed Al-Khowaildi

Journalist , Writer

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Mohammed al-Khudairi

Academic

prisoner

Mohammed Al-Khudari

prisoner

Mohammed al-Rabiah

Human rights activist , Women’s rights activist

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Mohammed al-Sadiq

Writer

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Mohammed al-Sharif

Academic , Writer ,

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Mohammed al-Shnar

Cleric

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Mohammed Alwadaani

prisoner

Mohammed Dlaim Al-Qahtani

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Mohammed Fahad al-Qahtani

Academic , ACPRA Member , Human rights activist

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Mohannad al-Mohaimeed

Human rights activist

prisoner

Moqbel al-Saqqar

Writer

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Mosad al-Kathiri

Blogger

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Mousa al-Ganami

Blogger

prisoner

Mousa al-Hashim

prisoner

Mubark Zuair

Academic

prisoner

Murtaja Qureiris

prisoner

Musa al-Qarni

Academic , Lawyer

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Musab Fuad

Writer

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Mustafa al-Hassan

Academic

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Mut‘ib bin Zafir al-Amri

Human rights activist , Lawyer

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Nadhir al-Majed

Human rights activist , Writer

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Naima al-Matrood

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Najwa al-Humaid

Human rights activist

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Nasser al-Omar

Academic , Cleric

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Nassima al-Sadah

Human rights activist , Women’s rights activist

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Nayef al-Hindas

Writer

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Nayef al-Sahafi

Blogger

prisoner

Noor Al-Muslim

prisoner

Nouf Abdulaziz

Human rights activist , Women’s rights activist , Writer

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Nourah al-Qahtani

prisoner

Omar al-Saeed

ACPRA Member , Human rights activist

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Osama Khalid

Blogger

prisoner

Rabee Hafez

prisoner

Raif Badawi

Blogger

prisoner

Rashid Al-Shahri

Cleric

prisoner

Razin al-Razin

Academic

prisoner

Redha al-Bouri

Writer

prisoner

Rina Abdulaziz

Blogger

prisoner

Ruqiya al-Muhareb

Academic

prisoner

Saad al-Otaibi

Cleric

prisoner

Saad Ibrahim al-Madhi

prisoner

Sabri Shalabi

prisoner

Salah al-Haidar

Writer

prisoner

Saleh al-Ashwan

ACPRA Member , Human rights activist

prisoner

Saleh al-Shehi

Journalist

prisoner

Salem al-Daiini

Government official

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Salma al-Shehab

Human rights activist , Women’s rights activist

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Salman al-Odah

Cleric

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Samar Badawi

Human rights activist , Women’s rights activist

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Sami al-Ghaihb

prisoner

Sami al-Majed

Academic

prisoner

Sami al-Thubaiti

Journalist

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Saud al-Hashimi

Academic

prisoner

Saud al-Sarhan

Academic , Writer

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Senhat al-Otaibi

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Shadan al-Onezi

Human rights activist

prisoner

Shadli Ahmed Mahmoud al-Huwaiti

prisoner

Shaikha Al-Orf

Blogger

prisoner

Sulaiman al-Dowaish

Cleric

prisoner

Sulaiman al-Nasser

Writer

prisoner

Sulaiman al-Rashudi

ACPRA Member , Lawyer

prisoner

Suleiman Mohammad Moussa al-Huwaiti

prisoner

Sultan al-Ajimi

Human rights activist

prisoner

Sultan al-Jumairi

Journalist , Writer

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Tariq Aziz

Human rights activist , Lawyer

prisoner

Tarrad al-Amri

Writer

prisoner

Tawfiq Al Amer

Cleric

prisoner

Thumar al-Marzouqi

Writer

prisoner

Turki al-Jasser

Journalist

prisoner

Wajdi Al-Ghazzawi

Cleric , Journalist

prisoner

Waleed Abu al-Khair

Human rights activist

prisoner

Walid al-Huwairini

Academic , Journalist

prisoner

Walid Fitaihi

prisoner

Wa’ad al-Muhaya

Women’s rights activist

prisoner

Yasmine al-Ghufaili

Blogger

prisoner

Yasser al-Ayyaf

Human rights activist

prisoner

Yousef al-Ahmad

Academic

prisoner

Yousef al-Farraj

Government official

prisoner

Yousef al-Mohaus

Academic

prisoner

Yousef al-Qassim

Academic , Family member of political prisoner , Writer

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Youssef al-Manasef

prisoner

Yousuf al-Mulhem

Blogger

prisoner

Zaheer Ali Shareeda

prisoner

Zaid al-Banawi

prisoner

Zakaria Al-Safwan

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prisoner

Zana al-Shehri

Human rights activist , Journalist

prisoner

Ziad Ben Nahit

prisoner

Ziyad al-sufiani

prisoner

Zuhair Busaleh

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prisoner

Zuhair Kutbi

Academic , Journalist , Writer