Personal information

  • Sex: Male
  • Area of activity: Human rights activist
  • Place of residence: Buraydah, Al Qassim

Arrest and jail information

  • Prison: Buraydah Prison, al-Qassim
  • Date of arrest: 08 February 2015
  • Manner of arrest: Arrested at a petrol station by a group of plain-clothes police officers

Trial information

  • Charges: Using his Twitter account to incite public opinion against the government; signing a petition calling for demonstrations; insulting the king.
  • Court: Specialised Criminal Court (SCC)
  • Verdict: 8-year prison term, 8-year travel ban and a fine of 50,000 Saudi riyals.
  • Date of verdict: 01 October 2015

Violations

  • Arbitrary arrest/ detention ,
  • Enforced disappearance ,
  • Denied contact with family ,
  • Denied access to a lawyer ,
  • Torture and ill-treatment

Violation details

Subjected to psychological torture and threats and placed in solitary condiment several times.

Timeline

  • 11 March 2021 - He began a hunger strike, joining more than 30 other detainees in al-Ha’ir Prison, who remain on hunger strike.
  • 03 September 2020 - Reports confirmed that he was placed in solitary condiment several times and was denied contracts with with his family and was subjected to psychological torture and threats.
  • 01 October 2015 - He was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment and eight years of travel ban and a fine of 50,000 Saudi riyals.
  • 08 February 2015 - He was arrested at a petrol station by a group of plain-clothes police officers.

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