Yemeni journalist Marwan Al Muraisy arbitrarily detained in Saudi Arabia from 2018 to 2023
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February 06, 2019
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April 12, 2023
On June 1, 2018, Al Muraisy returned to his home in Riyadh after taking his five-year-old son to a specialised hospital to receive treatment. Upon his return, he was arrested by officers of the National Security Services dressed in civilian clothes, and forcibly taken to an unknown location. It is only about a year later, on May 15, 2019, that Al Muraisy was allowed to communicate with his family by phone and informed them that he was being held in Al-Ha'ir prison.
Ahmad Al Hossan arrested as a minor, denied due process guarantees and sentenced to 44 years in prison following unfair trial
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November 01, 2018
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October 15, 2019
On June 16, 2003, Ahmad Al Hossan – 16 years-old at the time – was arrested from Hadibyah Mosque in Mecca by the Mabahith security forces. They did not present an arrest warrant nor give any reason for his arrest.
The security forces then took Al Hossan to the Mabahith Prison where, in January 2004, he was forced under torture to sign and fingerprint a self-incriminating statement that he was not allowed to read beforehand.
