Urgent Action Update: Saudi Arabian Human Rights Defender Imprisoned (Saudi Arabia: UA 139.16)

Saudi Arabian human rights defender Abdulaziz al-Shubaily was arrested on 17 September to begin serving an eight-year prison sentence that he was handed in 2016. He is a prisoner of conscience and should be released immediately and unconditionally.

1) TAKE ACTION
Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:

• Calling on the Saudi Arabian authorities to ensure that Abdulaziz al-Shubaily’s conviction is quashed and that he is released immediately and unconditionally, as he is a prisoner of conscience, sentenced solely for the peaceful exercise of his rights to freedom of expression and association;
• Calling on them to ensure that the criminal justice system is not misused to target, intimidate or harass human rights defenders and ensure a safe and enabling environment in which it is possible to defend and promote human rights without fear of punishment, reprisal or intimidation.

Contact these two officials by 10 November, 2017:

King and Prime Minister
His Majesty King 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 Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia
601 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington DC 20037
Phone: 1 202 537 3100 I Fax: 1 202 295 3625
Email: [email protected]
Contact Form: https://www.saudiembassy.net/contact
Twitter: @SaudiEmbassyUSA
Salutation: Your Royal Highness

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