Saudi academic dies in prison after four years behind bars

Saudi academic dies in prison after four years behind bars

A prominent Saudi academic and preacher, Qassim al-Qathradi, died in prison in the southern city of Abha, local media and a rights group announced on Tuesday. The Sanad human rights group confirmed his death and said al-Qathradi was arrested in 2021 in a crackdown targeting gatherings of intellectuals. His eight-year prison sentence was based on charges of him possessing the books ‘So There Will be no Sedition' and ‘Existentialism’ by the late i…

On 10 February 2025, Salma al-Shehab, a doctoral student at Leeds University and mother of two children, was released from prison in Saudi Arabia after serving a four-year sentence of arbitrary detention, handed down in an iniquitous trial by the infamous Special Criminal Court. On 25 September 2024, her sentence was reduced from 27 years' imprisonment followed by a travel ban of the same duration to four years' imprisonment with four years' sus…

Saudi Regime Continues Arbitrary Detention of Academic Dr. Mohammed bin Ali Al-Hazmi for Peaceful Expression - Together For Justice

Together for Justice expresses its deep concern over the continued arbitrary detention of Saudi academic Dr. Mohammed bin Ali Al-Hazmi, who has now spent four