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Dr. Yousef Ahmad Al-Qaasim

Academic

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Date of Birth
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City Of Birth
Shaqra
Gender
Male
Nationality
Saudi Arabian
Education
Doctorate in Islamic Studies from King Saud University

About The Detainee

An academic at Imam Muhammad Bin Saud University [whose study] is concerned with issues and jurisprudence systems related to banking and corporations. He has many [published] works, he [also] has many articles that have been published in online news publications, that deal with questions associated with jurisprudential issues of contemporary banking

Arrest And Human Rights Violations

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Date Of Arrest:
2017-09-11
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City Of Internment:
Riyadh
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Reason
As part of an arrest campaign that included a number social [media] influencers in 2017
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Method
His private farm on the outskirts of Riyadh was raided after midnight and he was subsequently taken from there in to custody
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Practices And Violations
Placed in solitary confinement and not allowed contact with his family Denial of counsel Delaying of his trial
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The Human Dimension In His Detention
He was not allowed to correspond with his family nor with his parents with whom he had become accustomed to spending every weekend break on an ongoing basis, at the farm since a period spanning years
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Prison
Al-Ha’ir Prison - Riyadh
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Trial and legal proceedings
Several charges have been levied against him, amongst which are; incitement, arousing public opinion, and his producing and presenting a number of televised talk shows. A secret trial session was held for him at the Specialised Criminal Court, after fourteen months of his incarceration

Time Line For Arrest

2017-09-11

He was arrested

2018-11-17

First trial scheduled secretly, after unnecessarily long delay, and held in the Specialised Criminal Court

2020-09-03

The Specialised Criminal Court in Riyadh handed him a sentence of 5 years

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