Escalating Demands for Executions by Prosecutors of Prisoners,
and Worrying Verdict in the Coming Weeks
European Saudi Society for Human Rights
12/09/2014
The European Saudi Society for Human Rights (ESSHR) condemns the continuance prosecutions of the prisoners of conscience and human rights activists by the Saudi authorities. These activists and prosecutors are criminalized for practicing activities as freedom of expressions and the right of peaceful assembly, and 26 of these detainees are demanded to be executed by the public prosecutors. Another detainee is Bandar Khalid Abu Sharar (22-year-old), detained in the General Investigation Directorate’s prison in Dammam since October 2012, he was recently added it which makes it 27 possible execution case. The ESSHR strongly condemns the Judicial System that sentences 5 detainees to death in May and June of 2014, one out of these five cases is a minor when he was arrested.
The ESSHR is looking forward and deeply
concerned about the 12th of August 2014, where it is expected the
Saudi justice’s sentences on the political opponent Sheikh Nemer Al Nemer,
detained since 08/07/2012. This will be the 9th session of his trial
with regards to his practice of freedom of expression and the right to peaceful
assembly and where the public prosecutor is demanding an execution. Moreover,
in 20/08/2014, the 9th session of Mohammed Saleh Al Zenadi’s trial
is scheduled. Al Zenadi was arrested on 23/05/2013, and it is also expected
that he will be sentenced to death in this session of the trial, as it the
public prosecutor had demanded it.
In a report released in December 2013 titled “Demands for
Executions - Statements Obtained by Forced Confession: the Executive Branch
Concluded 2013 With Demands for Executions of Demonstrators and Activists[1]”,
the ESSHR discussed some of the flaws in the law in the Justice System of
Saudi Arabia in which makes the existing trials and the demands for execution
violate the right to a fair trial’s principle.
Following up with prosecutors’ demands and sentences, ESSHR presents 27 cases including some minors when were arrested
and have been demanded to be executed. And There are possibly some other unknown
cases. Here
are the cases, as follows:
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Initial sentences in 18 cases, while
7 cases are still waiting.
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Within the 18 initial sentence
cases, 5 cases were sentenced to death (not final).
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Final sentences in 2 cases.
Here is an updated list, which ordered according to the ESSHR monitoring:
Prosecutors’ demands for execution, ongoing trials:
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Name
|
Date of Birth
|
Date of
Arrest
|
Minor When
Arrest
|
|
1
|
Sheikh Nimer Baqir AlNimer
|
1959
|
08/07/2012
|
|
|
2
|
Mohammed Saleh AlZnadi
|
11/24/1980
|
23/05/2012
|
|
|
3
|
Dawoud Hussain AlMarhon
|
02/06/1995
|
22/05/2012
|
17 years, 3 months and 16 days
|
|
4
|
Abdullah Hassan AlZaher
|
03/24/1996
|
03/03/2012
|
15 years, 11 months and 8 days
|
|
5
|
Haider Ali Alhumely
|
01/11/1988
|
14/01/2012
|
|
|
6
|
Hussain Abbas Albaiabi
|
23 years old
|
21/12/2012
|
|
|
7
|
Bander Khalid AbuSharar
|
04/10/1992
|
13/10/2011
|
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Prosecutors’ demands for execution and the final verdict is issued
|
|
Name
|
Date of Birth
|
Date of
Arrest
|
Verdict
|
Judge
|
Date of
Verdict
|
Minor When
Arrest
|
|
1
|
Reda Jafar Al-Rebh
|
29/09/1988
|
11/06/2013
|
Execution
|
Bandar AlTuwaijri
|
26/05/2014
|
|
|
2
|
Ali Mohammed AlNimer
|
20/12/1994
|
14/02/2012
|
Execution
|
Omar Abdulaziz Alhusin
(Chair)
Abdullah Mohammed Al-Rashoud (participant 1)
Bandar AlTuwaijri (participant 2)
|
27/05/2014
|
17 years, one month and 25 days
|
|
3
|
Ali Abdullah AlAtell
|
12/10/1990
|
15/02/2012
|
Execution
|
-
|
08/06/2014
|
|
|
4
|
Ali Saeed Al-Rebh
|
02/12/1993
|
12/02/2012
|
Execution
|
Omar Abdulaziz Alhusin
|
09/06/2014
|
|
|
5
|
Mohammed Faisal AlSheiukh
|
09/09/1992
|
27/02/2012
|
Execution
|
Omar Abdulaziz Alhusin
|
09/06/2014
|
|
|
6
|
Ali Ahmed Al-Rebh
|
20/04/1991
|
27/02/2012
|
25-year in prison
|
Omar Abdulaziz Alhusin
|
09/06/2014
|
|
|
7
|
Ahmed Mansour Al-Mousa
|
-
|
15/02/2012
|
8-year in prison
|
-
|
11/06/2014
|
|
|
8
|
Ammar Mohammed Alrabea
|
13/11/1984
|
01/11/2011
|
23-year in prison
|
Bandar AlTuwaijri
|
02/06/2014
|
|
|
9
|
Naji Mohammed AlSulis
|
23 years old
|
23/05/2011
|
3-month in prison
|
Abdullah Mohammed Al-Rashoud
|
26/05/2014
|
|
|
10
|
Radwan Jafar Al-Radwan
|
18/05/1989
|
10/01/2012
|
15-year in prison and 10-year travel ban
|
Mohammed Abdullah Al-Muslim
|
29/01/2014
|
|
|
11
|
Zaki Hussain AlBandari
|
09/04/1987
|
13/02/2012
|
25-year in prison
|
Omar Abdulaziz Alhusin
(Chair)
Abdullah Mohammed Al-Rashoud (participant 1)
|
18/11/2013
|
|
|
12
|
Said Saleh Almbiuq
|
31/10/1976
|
24/03/2012
|
30-year in prison, 30-year travel ban and $40,000 fine
|
Mohammed Abdullah Al-Muslim (Chair)
Yousef Al-Ghamdi
(participant 1)
Sultan bin Shedh (participant 2)
|
01/01/2013
|
|
|
13
|
Kamel Abbas Al-Ahmad
|
22/05/1969
|
13/05/2012
|
15-year in prison and 15-year travel ban
|
Abdullah Mohammed Al-Rashoud
|
18/06/2014
|
|
|
14
|
Fhadel Hilal Algumia
|
27/09/1994
|
01/10/2012
|
15-year in prison and 15-year travel ban
|
|
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|
15
|
Hassan Ahmad AlSaeed
|
14/04/1986
|
01/10/2012
|
16-year in prison and 16-year travel ban
|
|
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|
16
|
Yousef Saeed Al-Yousef
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18/09/1989
|
22/10/2012
|
10-year in prison, 10-year travel ban and $1333 fine
|
|
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|
17
|
Ahmed Hassan Al- Dawoud
|
03/06/1993
|
20/03/2012
|
19-year in prison and 19-year travel ban
|
|
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|
18
|
Maitham Abdullah AlMozain
|
20/07/1987
|
11/12/2012
|
13-year in prison
|
Unknown
|
26/04/2014
|
|
Prosecutors’ demands for execution and the final verdict is issued
|
|
Name
|
Date of Birth
|
Date of
Arrest
|
Ruling
|
Judge
|
Date of Verdict
|
Minor When
Arrest
|
|
1
|
Mustafa Ahmad AlSheiukh
|
27/07/1996
|
30/01/2012
|
15 years in prison with 5 years suspended
|
Turki Abdulaziz AlShikh
|
19/12/2013
|
15 years, 6 months, and 3 days
|
|
2
|
Mujtaba Ali AlSafwani
|
16/05/1996
|
26/05/2012
|
13 years in prison with 4 years suspended
|
Ali Moh. AlAshban, Moh. Abdullah AlMuslm, Abdullah Moh. AlRshod
|
08/01/2014
|
16 years and 10 days
|
There are possibly
a number of unknown cases.
[1] The European Saudi Society for Human Rights (ESSHR): “Demands for
Executions - Statements Obtained by Forced Confession: the Executive Branch
Concluded 2013 with Demands for Executions of Demonstrators and Activists[1]”.
