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Dr Muhammad Abdullah al-Habdan
Academic
detainee
Date of Birth
1971
City Of Birth
Riyadh
Gender
Male
Nationality
Saudi
Education
PhD in Islamic Jurisprudence, Al-Imam University
About The Detainee
Researcher in Islamic Jurisprudence; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Family channel, which was shut down by the Saudi authorities; a member of the Association of Muslim Scholars and a general supervisor of the Noor al-Islam Foundation. He was among those who presented a proposal to solve the issue of prisoners of conscience in 2013.
Arrest And Human Rights Violations
Date Of Arrest:
2017-12-01
City Of Internment:
Riyadh
Reason
Within the campaign that targeted influencers and community activists
Method
A number of people and cars raided his house from where he was arrested
Practices And Violations
- He was terrorised during his arrest, which was not by a judicial order
- He was not allowed to appoint a lawyer
- He was subjected to solitary confinement and prevented from communicating with his family
The Human Dimension In His Detention
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Prison
Al-ha’ir
Trial and legal proceedings
The Public Prosecution charged him with 20 charges, including sympathy with the Muslim Brotherhood, and demanded that he be imprisoned for 20 years.
Time Line For Arrest
2017-09-18
Arrested
2018-09-05
A secret court hearing was held which was supposed to be resumed thereafter, but no further hearings were held to date.
2018-09-10
First secret hearing
Arrested