Amnesty International Taattalib Qatar not to hand over human rights activist Mohammed Al-Otaibi to S

Amnesty International Taattalib Qatar not to hand over human rights activist Mohammed Al-Otaibi to Saudi Arabia


24/04/2017 


Organization "Amnesty International" Doha asked not to extradite Saudi activist Mohammed Al-Otaibi to Riyadh, stressing that Al-Otaibi will be at risk of imprisonment, torture or other ill-treatment.
Amnesty International said that "Mohammed Al-Otaibi, a former prisoner of conscience, has spent more than three and a half years in prison illegally because of his work in the field of human rights," she said. "The forcible return to Saudi Arabia, where it is almost certain that he would be subjected to ill-treatment, and that he will face another unfair trial and arbitrary arrest for a long time, it will not just be a harsh action, but a flagrant violation of international obligations of Qatar. "
Riyadh is scheduled to conduct a hearing, Mohammed Al-Otaibi (founder of the local human rights organization), on Tuesday, where he is being tried in absentia by the "Specialized Criminal Court", which brought him a number of charges ridiculous. There are serious concerns about the possibility of deportation at any time. He told Amnesty International that the General Directorate of Investigation of the Ministry of the Interior has consistently Tstdeih and ask about his whereabouts.
For her part, she said Director of Research Beirut Office Regional Organization Lynn Maalouf said "the defense of human rights is not a crime", adding that "the Saudi authorities, instead of continuing repression of peaceful activists, non-stop, they should drop the ridiculous addressed to Al-Otaibi charges, stop harassment of human rights defenders systematically. "
Mohammad Al-Otaibi had resorted to Qatar after the lifting of the decision of the travel ban that had been imposed on him under a previous ruling in February 2017 and began his current trial on October 30 / October 2016. also directed to Mohammad Al-Otaibi charges including "published to Tweets anti and offensive It would prejudice the public order "and" back publication of similar Tweets include the abuse of the Kingdom and the governors of the matter and the Arab states, "and" the establishment of association and announced prior to obtaining the necessary licenses, "and" shared across two meetings in one of the satellite channels hostile to the Kingdom "," and Astaadaih organizations international human rights against the kingdom, "according to the allegations of the Saudi authorities.

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