Jordanian journalist Abdelrahman Farhaneh detained in Saudi Arabia since February 2019
Timeline
November 18, 2022: the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention adopted Opinion 84/2022, finding that Abdelrahman Farhaneh’s detention is arbitrary and calling for his immediate release.
August 8, 2021: Farhaneh is sentenced to 19 years.
March 10, 2020: Farhaneh is presented for a first hearing before the Saudi Specialised Criminal Court.
March 8, 2020: Farhaneh is presented before the Public Prosecutor with charges brought against him.
2020: Farhaneh is placed again in solitary confinement for six months under the pretext of the Covid-19 pandemic.
June 15, 2019: Farhaneh calls his family and informs them that he is being held in Dammam prison.
May 13, 2019: The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances sends a copy of the communication to the Jordanian authorities.
May 10, 2019: The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances sends a communication to the Saudi authorities requesting them to clarify Farhanenh’s fate and whereabouts.
April 25, 2019: MENA Rights Group requests intervention of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
April 22, 2019: Family reports arrest to the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Jordanian Syndicate of Journalists, the latter of which Farhaneh is a member.
March 8, 2019: Family reports the arrest to the Saudi Public Prosecutor in Riyadh.
March 1, 2019: Family enquires about his whereabouts at the headquarters of State Security Service in Riyadh.
February 22, 2019: Arrested at a checkpoint close to Dammam airport.
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