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Urgent Action Update: Saudi Arabian Activist Held Incommunicado (Saudi Arabia: UA 124.17)

June 8, 2017

Saudi Arabian human rights defender Mohammad al-Otaibi has been detained incommunicado in Saudi Arabia since 28 May, after he was deported from Qatar. He is a prisoner of conscience and at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.

Saudi Arabian human rights defender Mohammad al-Otaibi has been detained incommunicado in Saudi Arabia since 28 May, after he was deported from Qatar. He is a prisoner of conscience and at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.   1) TAKE ACTION Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:
  • Calling on the Saudi Arabian authorities to release Mohammad al-Otaibi immediately and unconditionally as he is a prisoner of conscience being held solely in relation to the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression, association and assembly;
  • Urging them to ensure he is protected from torture and other ill-treatment, and granted regular access to his family and a lawyer of his choice;
  • Urging them to allow him and his wife to travel freely to Norway, for which they have valid travel documents.

Contact these two officials by 20 July, 2017:

King and Prime Minister His Majesty Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud The Custodian of the two Holy Mosques Office of His Majesty the King Royal Court, Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Fax: (via Ministry of the Interior) +966 11 403 3125 (please keep trying) Twitter: @KingSalman Salutation: Your Majesty

Ambassador Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia 601 New Hampshire Ave. NW Washington DC 20037 Fax: 1 202 944 5983 Phone: 1 202 342 3800 Email: [email protected] Salutation: Dear Ambassador

  2) LET US KNOW YOU TOOK ACTION Click here to let us know if you took action on this case! This is Urgent Action 124.17 Here’s why it is so important to report your actions: we record the actions taken on each case—letters, emails, calls and tweets—and use that information in our advocacy.   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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