Saudi Arabia’s government has built special types of secret prisons to punish prisoners arrested on charges of freedom of expression. In these prisoners accused are being given various kinds of punishment.
Saudi authorities have built secret prisons for prisoners demanding freedom of expression, in prisons, people are punished and not allowed to meet their families or lawyers. These prisoners are deprived of basic amenities. When they fall ill, they are not provided with medical facilities, and many times these prisoners leave this world, enduring severe torture away from the eyes of the world.
According to the Saudi Leaks, the human rights organization “Sanad” exposed that many prisoners of freedom of expression were being trailed in secret courts and that while these prisoners were facing arbitrary and unjust trials. Most of the orders issued against them are based on unilateral statements taken under deep torture.
According to the human rights organization, Saudi authorities are violating international law by conducting lawsuits from secret courts and torturing prisoners. The human rights group insisted that Saudi authorities should review their unjust policy towards prisoners and look into the affairs of their prisoners in accordance with the law, justice, and human rights.
international groups and civilians are demanding Saudi authorities release innocent prisoners detained for their demands of freedom of expression and legitimate demands.
Several UN experts have sent a petition to Saudi authorities for the release of student Asma al-Sabai, journalist Maha al-Rafidi, and some human rights defenders, including Dr. Mohammad Fahad al-Qahtani, Issa al-Nakhif, Khalid al-Amir, and “Fuzhan al-Harbi.”
Many activists inside the prison are mistreated and faced with harsh human conditions. They are not allowed to meet their lawyer and are kept in solitary cells, where they are subjected to various kinds of torture by the Saudi authorities.
Saudi authorities continue to ignore international calls for violations of international human rights law. They also arrested several teachers and intellectuals. Some teachers such as al-Bayali, Khalid al-Darwish, Ahmed Matar al-Laffi, and Ibrahim al-Harithy, have been arbitrarily detained.
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Human rights organizations are calling on the international community to put pressure on Saudi authorities to end the repression of human rights activists.
On an international level, Saudi Arabia is one of the countries known for violations of human rights, and this country is on the top of the list of human rights violators. With the rise of young Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the human rights situation in the country has worsened. The brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi is a great example of human rights violations in bin Salman’s era.
According to Freedom International, an organization that analyzes the status of democracy around the world on the basis of 25 parameters, Saudi Arabia under the Ale Saud regime does not find democracy and freedom of speech. Since the time of Muhammad bin Salman, the security, political and economic situation in Saudi Arabia has deteriorated.
Saudi activists are suffering from the shaky policies of the Saudi government and various crimes inside and outside Saudi Arabia. anger against the Saudi regime is spreading among Saudis of all denominations.
In the past, the Saudi regime was only known for the suppression of certain people and ideologies, but in recent times anyone who has differences with bin Salman has been on the target of repression whether it is the prince, cleric or any high-profile official.
The Saudi royal regime under bin Salman’s leadership has become autocratic. The condition of women rights defenders and women detainees is even more pathetic. Electric shocks, beatings, and sexual harassment of women prisoners in jail are becoming common
