Continuous reprisals against Saudi human rights defender Fawzan Al Harbi as wife Amal detained in crackdown
Timeline
September 29, 2022: Mentioned in the UN Secretary-General’s 2022 report on reprisals.
April 15, 2022: MENA Rights Group refers case to the UN Secretary-General ahead of the preparation of the 2022 report on reprisals.
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.
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.
September 19, 2019: Mentioned in the UN Secretary-General’s 2019 report on reprisals.
May 1, 2019: MENA Rights Group refers case to the UN Secretary-General ahead of the preparation of the 2019 report on reprisals.
March 13, 2019: Amal Al Harbi’s trial and that of ten female human rights defenders begins before the Criminal Court in Riyadh.
July 30, 2018: Fawzan Al Harbi’s wife, Amal Al Harbi, is arrested.
November 2014: Court of Appeal increases sentence to a 10-year prison term followed by a travel ban of 10 years.
September 2014: Mentioned in the UN Secretary-General’s 2014 report on reprisals.
June 2014: Sentenced to one year in prison and an additional six-year suspended sentence.
December 2013: First hearing held before the Criminal Court in Riyadh.
December 26, 2013: Arrested and detained at Al Malaz prison in Riyadh.
May 22, 2013: Prevented from boarding a flight to Geneva to attend a human rights conference.
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