Bilal Abu Haikal, a 24 year old Lebanese student, has been held in Saudi Arabia since 18 July 2009, yet was never brought before a judge during the first 18 months of his detention. When he was presented to a judge in early February of this year, he was sentenced without a trial to two years in prison, in clear violation of internationals norms for a fair trial. Despite having served this 2 year term which ended on 28 June 2011, Abu Haikal remains detained in Al Hayr Prison in Saudi Arabia with no legal justification.
Alaaeddin Al Rashi, a 37-year-old Syrian human rights activist and publisher, was arrested on 20 March by agents of the Saudi Intelligence services as he was travelling to Saudi Arabia on a business trip.
Detained for over a year at Dammam prison, Murad Al Mukhlif, a 36-years-old school director and father to two children, has suffered severe acts of torture. His family, who was not allowed to visit him in prison for a year, recently learned that the severe beatings he had received on his back led to the paralysis of both his legs.
The Saudi Arabian security services arrested Dr. Youssef Ben Abdullah Al Ahmad at his father's house in Dammam on Friday 8 July 2011 without presenting a warrant or any reasons for his arrest. They seized his mobile phone, his computer and his car. This illegal search took place without permission and outside the time authorized for this type of action.
Mr. Abdul Hakim Gellani, a British citizen, was arrested 19 November 2005 during a business trip in Saudi Arabia. Detained from December 2005, he was finally released in July 2006 after seven months of secret detention. After obtaining a visa to return to the United Kingdom where his family lives and giving an interview to Al Jazeera, he was again arrested on 8 August 2007 and detained in secret for two months.
Mr. Khaled Al-Twijri, a Saudi Arabian national, was travelling to Jordan in July 2008 when he was arrested and extradited to Saudi Arabia on 25 January 2009. His family was informed neither of his arrest nor of his extradition.
Mr. Khaled Abdulrahman Al-Twijri normally lives in the province of Quassim in Saudi Arabia. Following a trip to Jordan in July 2008, the family of Mr. Al-Twijri had not received news of him for some months. Despite multiple attempts to get the Jordanian government to recognize the arrest or detention, they have never done so.
The lawyer Mr. Sulaiman Al-Rashoudi that had been detained arbitrarily for more than four years has been released on bail 23 June 2011. He was arrested in Jeddah 2 February 2007 by intelligence services (Mabahith). His trial is ongoing and the next hearing will take place 26 June 2011.
Mr. Al-Rashoudi was born in 1935 and lived in Riyadh. He is known as a human rights lawyer and activist who is engaged in the defense of prisoners of opinion in Saudi Arabia.
Mr Ramizi Siraj (رمزي سراج), aged 30 years, usually lives with his family a Al Khodr Department, Saudi Arabia and works as an employee at Al Harass Al Wateni Hospital in Al Dammam.
Dr. Said bin Zair, well-known in Saudi Arabia for his independence of mind and his public advocacy of institutional reforms, has been arbitrarily detained since 6 June 2007, when he was arrested in Riyadh on his way back from Mecca.
