Yemeni journalist Marwan Al Muraisy arbitrarily detained in Saudi Arabia from 2018 to 2023
Timeline
April 12, 2023: Al Muraisy is released following the completion of his five-year prison sentence.
May 15, 2019: Al Muraisy communicates with his family by phone and informs them that he is being held in Al-Ha'ir prison.
April 5, 2019: The Saudi authorities respond to the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances stating that “[t]here is no detainee with the name of Marwan Alaa Naji Al Mursay. However, a person named Marwan Ali Naji Morshi is under investigation on charges linked with terrorism and detained at the prison of Investigative Services in Jeddah.”
April 1, 2019: The Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, the Working Groups on Arbitrary Detention and on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances send an urgent appeal (UA SAU 6/2019) to the Saudi authorities.
January 29, 2019: MENA Rights Group requests the intervention of UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression.
February 25, 2019: The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances sends a copy of Al Muraisy’s case to the Yemeni authorities.
September 26, 2018: The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances send a communication to the Saudi authorities requesting them to clarify Al Muraisy’s fate and whereabouts.
September 17, 2018: Al Muraisy’s case is submitted to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
June 1, 2018: Arrested in Riyadh and forcibly disappeared.
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