Saudi human rights defender Issa Al Hamid arbitrarily detained since September 2017
Timeline
September 29, 2021: Mentioned in the UN Secretary-General’s 2021 report on reprisals.
September 30, 2020: Mentioned in the UN Secretary-General’s 2020 report on reprisals.
May 1, 2020: MENA Rights Group refers case to the UN Secretary-General ahead of the preparation of the 2020 report on reprisals.
November 21, 2019: The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issues Opinion 71/2019, stating that Al Hamid is being detained arbitrarily and calling on the authorities to immediately release him.
October 9, 2019: Ahead of the 10-year anniversary of ACPRA’s founding, MENA Rights Group and ALQST submitted his case to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders and the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association.
August 8, 2019: MENA Rights Group submits request for Opinion to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
September 19, 2018: Mentioned in the UN Secretary-General’s 2018 report on reprisals.
September 20, 2017: Mentioned in the UN Secretary-General’s 2017 report on reprisals.
September 16, 2017: Arrested and taken to Onazya Prison.
December 1, 2016: Sentence increased to 11 years in prison and 11-year travel ban on appeal.
April 24, 2016: Sentenced by the SCC to nine years in prison and a nine-year travel ban after his release.
July 2014: Case transferred to the SCC.
June 2014: Trial commences before Buriadah Criminal Court.
November 21, 2013: Summoned for interrogation for the first time.