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Asaad bin Nasser Al-Ghamdi
تربوي
detainee
Date of Birth
City Of Birth
Gender
Male
Nationality
Saudi
Education
About The Detainee
Asaad Al-Ghamdi is a teacher and the brother of Dr. Saeed Al-Ghamdi, a Saudi dissident residing in London, and Mohammed al-Ghamdi, who was sentenced to death on July 10, 2023, for his tweets on the X platform.
Arrest And Human Rights Violations
Date Of Arrest:
2022-11-20
City Of Internment:
Reason
He was arrested due to tweets on the X platform in which he criticized Vision 2030 projects and the lack of projects in the city of Jeddah, as well as a tweet in which he mourned the late reformist Abdullah Al-Hamid.
Method
Saudi security forces raided Asaad Al-Ghamdi's home at night with a limited number of personnel whose primary task was to remove all home cameras to prevent any documentation of the arrest. After completing the first task of removing the cameras, a large number of individuals unexpectedly stormed Asaad's home, spreading throughout the house. They closed the curtains and confiscated all electronic devices from everyone present. They searched everything, including the rooms and various facilities of the house, as well as the individuals themselves. They turned the house upside down and tampered with its contents, seizing some books and computers after inspecting them. They then tightly restrained Asaad Al-Ghamdi and covered his eyes before violently dragging him away. All of this happened in front of his children and wife, causing them great fear and panic.
Practices And Violations
- Raiding his home at night - Terrorizing his family during his arrest - Confiscating all his devices - Binding and blindfolding him in front of his family - Enforced disappearance for three months and preventing him from communicating with his family - Assigning a lawyer who follows the authorities' agenda, refusing to meet with his family, and treating them harshly if he does - Arbitrary detention - Psychological and physical torture - Imprisoning him in a small room filled with inmates who are unable to even access the bathroom - Administering pills that manipulated his mind and psyche, leading to a significant deterioration in his mental and physical health - Unfair trial resulting in a harsh sentence - Deliberate medical neglect.
The Human Dimension In His Detention
The deterioration of his health condition amid deliberate medical neglect.
Prison
Dhahban Prison in Jeddah.
Trial and legal proceedings
The Saudi judiciary issued a ruling to close his account on the X platform, considering it a tool for the crime, which consisted of a few tweets in which Asaad expressed his opinion. He was also sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Time Line For Arrest
2024-06-21
He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Arrested