ACPRA member Omar Al Sa’id sentenced to seven years in prison
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November 04, 2019
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January 20, 2023
On April 28, 2013, Omar Al Sai’id was summoned for an interrogation by the Ministry of Interior's Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution (BIP) before being taken into custody for questioning. His legal representative was prevented from attending the interrogation. He was the youngest of ACPRA’s* members to be detained.
ACPRA member Saleh Al Ashwan still subjected to a travel ban
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November 01, 2019
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January 20, 2023
Saleh Al Ashwan is a Saudi human rights defenders, who specifically worked on the detention of women in his country. He is also a member of ACPRA*.
On July 7, 2012, Al Ashwan was arrested in Riyadh as he left a mosque after attending dawn prayer. He then disappeared and remained missing for two months, until his family and lawyer learnt that he was being held at Al Ha’ir prison in Riyadh. He has been subjected to torture and ill-treatment in detention. He was held without charge or trial from 2012 to 2016.
ACPRA co-founder Abdulkareem Al Khoder, arbitrarily detained since 2013, released
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October 29, 2019
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January 08, 2023
Abdulkareem Al Khoder is a Saudi human rights defender and co-founder of ACPRA*. He is a former professor of comparative jurisprudence in the Faculty of Islamic Jurisprudence at Al Qassim University.
In January 2013, Al Khoder was tried before the Criminal Court in Buraydah. He was charged with a number of offences, including “disobeying the ruler”; “inciting disorder by calling for demonstrations”; “harming the image of the State by disseminating false information to foreign groups”, and “taking part in founding an unlicensed organization”.
ACPRA co-founder Sulaiman Al Rashoudi arbitrarily detained since 2012
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October 24, 2019
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January 20, 2023
Due to his activism, Al Rashoudi was arrested several times between 1993 and 2007. On February 3. 2007, he was one of 16 men detained in the cities of Jeddah and Medina for circulating a petition calling for political reform and for discussing a proposal to establish an independent human rights organisation in Saudi Arabia. He was released on bail on June 23, 2011. While in prison, he co-founded ACPRA* and continued his advocacy work for reforms and greater respect for human rights in Saudi Arabia.
ACPRA co-founder Abdulrahman Al Hamid, arbitrarily detained since April 2014, released
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October 23, 2019
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January 10, 2023
Abdulrahman Hamid Al Hamid is a Saudi human rights defender and co-founder of ACPRA*. On April 12, 2014, Mr Al Hamid signed a statement along with other activists calling for the Minister of Interior to be put on trial “for his policy of suppressing public freedoms.” As a result, he was arrested on April 17, 2014. He was initially detained incommunicado for a month and was detained in pre-trial detention for almost a year.
Saudi human rights defender released after 8 years in arbitrary detention
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August 23, 2019
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January 07, 2025
Human rights defender and anti-corruption activist Issa al-Nukheifi has been subjected to reprisals repeatedly by the Saudi authorities for his human rights activism and cooperation with international civil society and the United Nations. In late 2016, al-Nukheifi had been consulted during the preparation for the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty’s visit to Saudi Arabia in January 2017, and he had agreed to meet and further assist the team on the ground.
Saudi activist Abdulaziz Al Shubaili arbitrarily detained since September 2017
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August 23, 2019
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September 30, 2020
Al Shubaili was summoned by the Interrogation and Prosecution Department in Al Qassim on four occasions between November 18, 2013, and December 17, 2013.
Saudi human rights defender Issa Al Hamid arbitrarily detained since September 2017
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August 23, 2019
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September 29, 2021
Al Hamid was summoned for interrogation at the Bureau of Investigations and Prosecution in Al Qassim seven times between November 21, 2013, and June 14, 2014. His right to legal counsel was denied on every occasion and he was subjected to ill-treatment, including by being insulted, threatened with an arrest warrant and placed in a detention cell on several occasions during his interrogation.
Missing father and son seen in Al Hayer prison in Riyadh
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August 22, 2019
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January 20, 2023
On August 15, 2019, Ali Jaralla and his son Abdulhadi travelled to Saudi Arabia to visit relatives in the Eastern Province. They entered the country with a family permit issued by the Saudi authorities.
On August 18, 2019, they went missing in the city of Al Hufuf. Three days later, on August 21, one of their relatives received a call from an individual saying he saw them in Al Hayer prison in Riyadh. He said that they had both been abducted on August 18 by men in civilian clothing.
Saudi cleric arbitrarily detained for denouncing discrimination faced by Saudi Arabia’s Shi’a minority
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July 08, 2019
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November 29, 2020
Sheikh Al Habib is a cleric known for supporting protests against the systematic discrimination faced by Saudi Arabia’s Shi’a minority. He first faced intimidation from the authorities in December 2012 over a sermon delivered in July 2012 in which he denounced religious hatred against the Shi’a community and called upon the government to put an end to sectarianism. Al Habib was forced to sign a pledge not to give sermons that could be considered objectionable.
