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.
Abdel Nasser Ahmad al-Huwaiti
Abdul Rahman al-Shumayri
Academic
Abdulaziz al-Abdullatif
Cleric
Abdulaziz al-Dukhail
Family member of political prisoner , Writer
Abdulaziz Al-Ghamdi
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Abdulaziz al-Hais
Writer
Abdulaziz Al-Mesha’al
Women’s rights activist
Abdulaziz Al-Odah
Blogger , Family member of political prisoner
Abdulaziz al-Shubaily
ACPRA Member , Human rights activist
Abdulaziz al-Sunaidi
Human rights activist
Abdulaziz Al-Zahrani
Academic
Abdulilah Rashid Ibrahim al-Huwait
Abdulkarim al-Khodr
Academic , ACPRA Member , Human rights activist
Abdullah al-Atawi
Human rights activist
Abdullah al-Derazi
Abdullah al-Duhailan
Writer
Abdullah al-Hamid
Academic , ACPRA Member , Human rights activist
Abdullah al-Huwaiti
Abdullah al-Maliki
Academic , Writer
Abdullah al-Mubaraki
Abdullah al-Shehri
Human rights activist , Lawyer
Abdullah al-Yahya
Writer
Abdullah Dakhil Allah al-Huwaiti
Abdullah Ibrahim Al Sayel
Human rights activist
Abdullah Jelan
Abdulmajeed al-Buluwi
Writer
Abdulmohsen Al-Ahmad
Writer
Abdulrahman al-Dowaish
Family member of political prisoner
Abdulrahman al-Hamid
Academic , ACPRA Member
Abdulrahman al-Sadhan
Abdulrahman al-Sheikhi
Blogger
Abdulrahman Alshehri
Writer
Abdulwahhab al-Dowaish
Abeer Namankany
Academic , Human rights activist
Adel Banaima
Academic , Journalist
Adel Sayed Ibrahim Fakir
Adelrahman Farhanah
Journalist
Adil Allubad
, Writer
Ahmad Al-Saab
--
Ahmad al-Sawian
Journalist , Writer
Ahmed Abdel Nasser al-Huwaiti
Ahmed al-Amari al-Zahrani
Cleric
Ahmed al-Amira
Government official
Ahmed al-Rashed
Lawyer
Ahmed Mushaikhs
Aida al-Ghamdi
--
Aisha al-Mana
Academic
Alaa Brinji
Journalist
Alabbas al-Maliki
Family member of political prisoner
Ali Abu al-Hassan
Academic , Writer
Ali al-Amri
Academic , Cleric , Journalist
Ali Al-juhani
--
Ali al-Mabiyouq
Ali al-Saffar
Writer
Ali al-Shammari
Ali Alshdwe
Writer
Ali Badahdah
Academic
Ali Hassan al-Subaiti
Amal al-Harbi
Blogger
Amer al-Alma’i
Academic
Anas al-Mazrou
Academic
Aqel al-Bahili
Human rights activist , Journalist
Ashraf Fayadh
Asma al-Subeaei
Blogger
Ataullah Musa Muhammad al- Huwaiti
Awadh al-Qarni
Academic , Cleric
Ayman al-Drees
Women’s rights activist
Aziza al-Yousef
Academic , Human rights activist
Bader al-Ibrahim
Writer
Bader al-Rashed
Writer
Basma bint Saud al-Saud
Human rights activist
Dawood al-Ali
Blogger
Dina Ali
--
Eid Hmoud al-Mashouri al-Huwaiti
Eman al-Nafjan
Academic , Blogger , Human rights activist , Women’s rights activist , Writer
Essa al-Nukheifi
Human rights activist
Essam al-Zamel
Blogger , Family member of political prisoner
Essam Koshak
Human rights activist
Fadhel al-Manasef
Blogger , Human rights activist
Fadhil Al-Shoulah
--
Fadhil Al-Sulaiman
--
Fahad Abalkhail
Fahad Abdulaziz Al-araini
-- , Human rights activist ,
Fahad Al Sunaidi
Journalist
Fahad al-Fahad
Human rights activist
Farajallah Ahmed Yousef
Fatima al-Shawarbi
Blogger
Fatima ِAl-Nassif
--
Fawzan al-Ghaslan
Fawzan al-Harbi
ACPRA Member , Human rights activist
Fayez Ben Damakh
Journalist ,
Fuad al-Farhan
Blogger
Gurom al-beshi
Cleric
Habeeb al-Loiheq
Hamoud Al-Amri
Cleric
Hassan al-Faraj
Hassan Farhan al-Maliki
Cleric
Hatoon al-Fassi
Academic , Human rights activist , Journalist , Women’s rights activist
Hessa Al Shaikh
Academic , Writer
Hezam Al-ahmari
Hussain Abu al-Raha
Hussain Al-Radhi
Cleric
Ibrahim al-Faris
Academic
Ibrahim al-Harthi
Ibrahim al-Mudaimeegh
Human rights activist , Lawyer , Women’s rights activist
Ibrahim Al-Nasser
Cleric
Ibrahim al-Sakran
Ibrahim Al-Turki
Cleric
Ibrahim al-Yamani
Academic
Ibrahim Saleh Ahmed al-Huwaiti
Israa Al-Ghomgham
Human rights activist
Issa al-Hamid
ACPRA Member , Human rights activist
Jalal al-Labad
Jamal al-Najem
Academic
Jamil Farsi
, Journalist
Jawad Qureiris
Khadija al-Harbi
Khaled al-Alkami
Blogger
Khaled al-Mahoush
Writer
Khaled al-Odah
Academic , Family member of political prisoner
Khaled al-Ojaimi
Human rights activist
Khaled al-Omair
Human rights activist
Khidr Alawami
Cleric
Lina Alsharif
Loujain al-Hathloul
Human rights activist , Women’s rights activist
Loujain Daghestani
Madiha al-Ajroush
Women’s rights activist
Maha Al-Rafidi
Journalist , Writer
Maha Suleiman Al-Qarani al-Huwaiti
Mahdia Marzougui
Malek al-Dowaish
Malik al-Ahmad
Academic , Journalist
Manahel al-Otaibi
Blogger , Women’s rights activist
Marwan al-Muraisy
Journalist , Writer
Maryam al-Otaibi
Human rights activist , Women’s rights activist
Mayaa al-Zahrani
Human rights activist , Women’s rights activist
Maysaa al-Manea
--
Menawer al Abdali
--
Mohamed al-Otaibi
Human rights activist
Mohammad al-Bisher
Academic , Journalist
Mohammad Al-Habib
Cleric
Mohammed al Barrak
Academic , Cleric
Mohammed al-Bajadi
ACPRA Member , Human rights activist
Mohammed al-Ghamdi
Academic
Mohammed al-Habdan
Cleric
Mohammed al-Hajji
Mohammed al-Hudaif
Cleric
Mohammed al-Humaidhi
Mohammed Al-Khowaildi
Journalist , Writer
Mohammed al-Khudairi
Academic
Mohammed Al-Khudari
Mohammed al-Rabiah
Human rights activist , Women’s rights activist
Mohammed al-Sadiq
Writer
Mohammed al-Sharif
Academic , Writer ,
Mohammed al-Shnar
Cleric
Mohammed Alwadaani
Mohammed Dlaim Al-Qahtani
Mohammed Fahad al-Qahtani
Academic , ACPRA Member , Human rights activist
Mohannad al-Mohaimeed
Human rights activist
Moqbel al-Saqqar
Writer
Mosad al-Kathiri
Blogger
Mousa al-Ganami
Blogger
Mousa al-Hashim
Mubark Zuair
Academic
Murtaja Qureiris
Musa al-Qarni
Academic , Lawyer
Musab Fuad
Writer
Mustafa al-Hassan
Academic
Mut‘ib bin Zafir al-Amri
Human rights activist , Lawyer
Nadhir al-Majed
Human rights activist , Writer
Naima al-Matrood
--
Najwa al-Humaid
Human rights activist
Nasser al-Omar
Academic , Cleric
Nassima al-Sadah
Human rights activist , Women’s rights activist
Nayef al-Hindas
Writer
Nayef al-Sahafi
Blogger
Noor Al-Muslim
Nouf Abdulaziz
Human rights activist , Women’s rights activist , Writer
Nourah al-Qahtani
Omar al-Saeed
ACPRA Member , Human rights activist
Osama Khalid
Blogger
Rabee Hafez
Raif Badawi
Blogger
Rashid Al-Shahri
Cleric
Razin al-Razin
Academic
Redha al-Bouri
Writer
Rina Abdulaziz
Blogger
Ruqiya al-Muhareb
Academic
Saad al-Otaibi
Cleric
Saad Ibrahim al-Madhi
Sabri Shalabi
Salah al-Haidar
Writer
Saleh al-Ashwan
ACPRA Member , Human rights activist
Saleh al-Shehi
Journalist
Salem al-Daiini
Government official
Salma al-Shehab
Human rights activist , Women’s rights activist
Salman al-Odah
Cleric
Samar Badawi
Human rights activist , Women’s rights activist
Sami al-Ghaihb
Sami al-Majed
Academic
Sami al-Thubaiti
Journalist
Saud al-Hashimi
Academic
Saud al-Sarhan
Academic , Writer
Senhat al-Otaibi
--
Shadan al-Onezi
Human rights activist
Shadli Ahmed Mahmoud al-Huwaiti
Shaikha Al-Orf
Blogger
Sulaiman al-Dowaish
Cleric
Sulaiman al-Nasser
Writer
Sulaiman al-Rashudi
ACPRA Member , Lawyer
Suleiman Mohammad Moussa al-Huwaiti
Sultan al-Ajimi
Human rights activist
Sultan al-Jumairi
Journalist , Writer
Tariq Aziz
Human rights activist , Lawyer
Tarrad al-Amri
Writer
Tawfiq Al Amer
Cleric
Thumar al-Marzouqi
Writer
Turki al-Jasser
Journalist
Wajdi Al-Ghazzawi
Cleric , Journalist
Waleed Abu al-Khair
Human rights activist
Walid al-Huwairini
Academic , Journalist
Walid Fitaihi
Wa’ad al-Muhaya
Women’s rights activist
Yasmine al-Ghufaili
Blogger
Yasser al-Ayyaf
Human rights activist
Yousef al-Ahmad
Academic
Yousef al-Farraj
Government official
Yousef al-Mohaus
Academic
Yousef al-Qassim
Academic , Family member of political prisoner , Writer
Youssef al-Manasef
Yousuf al-Mulhem
Blogger
Zaheer Ali Shareeda
Zaid al-Banawi
Zakaria Al-Safwan
--
Zana al-Shehri
Human rights activist , Journalist
Ziad Ben Nahit
Ziyad al-sufiani
Zuhair Busaleh
--
Zuhair Kutbi
Academic , Journalist , Writer