An Egyptian national, Farhat Abu al-Saud, awaiting execution in Saudi Arabia
Name(s):
Farhat Fathi Abdel Maksoud Abu al-Saud
Status:
In detention (sentenced to death)
Year of birth:
1975
Profession:
driver
Nationality:
Egyptian
Date of arrest:
Farhat Fathi Abdel Maksoud Abu al-Saud is an Egyptian national who lived in the Kfar Hakim al-Jeeza in Egypt and worked as a driver. On January 28, 2018, Al-Saud was arrested in Saudi Arabia following an inspection of the truck he was driving. Upon searching the vehicle, a quantity of narcotics was found in the truck. He was immediately transferred to Tabuk General Prison, where he is still being held and faces the death penalty.
Farhat Fathi Abdel Maksoud Abu Al-Saud is an egyptian national. He lived in Egypt and worked as a driver. On January 28, 2018, Al-Saud was arrested in Saudi Arabia in Duba port by police officers following an inspection of the truck he was driving.. During the inspection, the truck was flagged as suspicious and was therefore searched. Authorities discovered a number of narcotics inside the truck. Upon questioning, Al-Saud stated that he was instructed to deliver the truck to a person in the Riyadh region without knowing what was inside the truck.
He was immediately transferred from Duba port to Tabuk General Prison. Al-Saud denied the charges against him, claiming he had no knowledge of the pills in his truck.
On November 28, 2018, the first hearing on Al-Saud’s case took place before the Criminal Court of first instance in Tabuk. On May 14, 2019, the verdict was issued, where Al-Saud was sentenced to the death penalty under article 37 (1) of the Anti-Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Law.
Al Saud appealed the decision to the Criminal Court of Appeal. On October 1, 2019, the Criminal Court of Appeal heard the case. The following day, on October 2, 2019, the verdict was issued and confirmed the death sentence handed by the lower court. The sentence was later upheld by the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court at an unknown date.He is now awaiting execution.
During his detention, Al-Saud remained in solitary confinement for four months, during which time he was unable to communicate with the outside world, and his family was not informed of his detention. Throughout this time, he was regularly subjected to severe acts of torture that led to him getting transferred to the hospital.
On April 25, 2025, MENA Rights Group, Middle East Democracy Center, Sinai Foundation for Human Rights, ALQST for human rights, and European Saudi organisation for Human Rights submit a Request for Opinion to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
| Name(s): |
Farhat Fathi Abdel Maksoud Abu al-Saud
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| Status: |
In detention (sentenced to death)
|
| Year of birth: |
1975
|
| Profession: |
driver
|
| Nationality: |
Egyptian
|
| Date of arrest: |
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Farhat Fathi Abdel Maksoud Abu Al-Saud is an egyptian national. He lived in Egypt and worked as a driver. On January 28, 2018, Al-Saud was arrested in Saudi Arabia in Duba port by police officers following an inspection of the truck he was driving.. During the inspection, the truck was flagged as suspicious and was therefore searched. Authorities discovered a number of narcotics inside the truck. Upon questioning, Al-Saud stated that he was instructed to deliver the truck to a person in the Riyadh region without knowing what was inside the truck.
He was immediately transferred from Duba port to Tabuk General Prison. Al-Saud denied the charges against him, claiming he had no knowledge of the pills in his truck.
On November 28, 2018, the first hearing on Al-Saud’s case took place before the Criminal Court of first instance in Tabuk. On May 14, 2019, the verdict was issued, where Al-Saud was sentenced to the death penalty under article 37 (1) of the Anti-Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Law.
Al Saud appealed the decision to the Criminal Court of Appeal. On October 1, 2019, the Criminal Court of Appeal heard the case. The following day, on October 2, 2019, the verdict was issued and confirmed the death sentence handed by the lower court. The sentence was later upheld by the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court at an unknown date.He is now awaiting execution.
During his detention, Al-Saud remained in solitary confinement for four months, during which time he was unable to communicate with the outside world, and his family was not informed of his detention. Throughout this time, he was regularly subjected to severe acts of torture that led to him getting transferred to the hospital.
On April 25, 2025, MENA Rights Group, Middle East Democracy Center, Sinai Foundation for Human Rights, ALQST for human rights, and European Saudi organisation for Human Rights submit a Request for Opinion to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
