{"id":177866,"date":"2017-05-31T01:39:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T23:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scm.bz\/arab_world\/saudi-arabia-counterterrorism-apparatus-targets-rights-activists.html"},"modified":"2018-02-11T20:26:41","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T18:26:41","slug":"saudi-arabia-counterterrorism-apparatus-targets-rights-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scm.bz\/en\/saudi-arabia-counterterrorism-apparatus-targets-rights-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia: Counterterrorism Apparatus Targets Rights Activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"article-header\">\n<h3 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title--huge\" dir=\"ltr\">UN Envoy Criticizes Abuses Following Visit<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-utilities article-utilities--fixed clearfix is-attached\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-content article-content--sidebar clearfix\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"article-content__primary l-primary\">\n<div class=\"article-body article-body--contained\">\n<p>(Beirut) \u2013 A United Nations official who recently visited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/middle-east\/n-africa\/saudi-arabia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> has criticized the country\u2019s use of its terrorism tribunal and counterterrorism law to unjustly prosecute human rights defenders, writers, and peaceful critics, Human Rights Watch said today. \u00a0Ben Emmerson, the UN special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/NewsEvents\/Pages\/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=21585&amp;LangID=E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">issued his statement<\/a> on May 4, 2017, following a visit to the country from April 30 to May 4.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed node node-image align-right multimedia\">\n<div class=\"embed-media\"><a class=\"link--modal link--inline-block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/view-mode\/modal\/303381\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16%3A9_946x534\/public\/multimedia_images_2017\/2017-05-saudi-mena-un-al-saud.jpg?itok=xUU_HR-E\" sizes=\"(min-width: 77.5em) 946px, (min-width: 48em) calc(100vw - 120px), (min-width: 37.5em) calc(100vw - 70px), calc(100vw - 50px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/294w\/public\/multimedia_images_2017\/2017-05-saudi-mena-un-al-saud.jpg?itok=MYUP2rwz 294w, https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/430w\/public\/multimedia_images_2017\/2017-05-saudi-mena-un-al-saud.jpg?itok=ukUcnIKV 430w, https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/676w\/public\/multimedia_images_2017\/2017-05-saudi-mena-un-al-saud.jpg?itok=cF9DQBXy 676w, https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1070w\/public\/multimedia_images_2017\/2017-05-saudi-mena-un-al-saud.jpg?itok=DrZ6NNJ2 800w\" alt=\"Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia addresses the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 21, 2016. \" \/><\/a><\/div><figcaption class=\"figure-info clearfix\">\n<div class=\"embed-actions\">Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia addresses the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 21, 2016.<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"figure-credit\">\u00a9 2016 Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cKing Salman should immediately pardon and release anyone imprisoned merely for peacefully expressing their opinions,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/about\/people\/sarah-leah-whitson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarah Leah Whitson<\/a>, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. \u201cIn combating terrorism within its borders, Saudi Arabia should engage with rights activists and offer them a seat at the table rather than a bed in a prison cell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s counterterrorism law and a series of related decrees are used to criminalize a wide range of acts as \u201cterrorism\u201d including intending to \u201cinsult the reputation of the state,\u201d \u201charm public order,\u201d or \u201ccalling for atheist thought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emmerson said that Saudi authorities denied him access to people jailed under the counterterrorism law and expressed concern regarding Saudi Arabia\u2019s \u201cunacceptably broad definition of terrorism.\u201d He also called on Saudi Arabia to set up \u201ca new independent mechanism to re-examine all cases where people had been jailed for exercising their rights of free speech, thought, conscience, religion or opinion, and of peaceful assembly or association.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his statement, Emmerson urged Saudi officials to limit the legal definition of terrorism to \u201cacts or threats of violence that are committed for religious, political or ideological motives, and that are aimed at putting the public or section of the public in fear or to coerce a government or international organization to take or refrain from taking any action.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since 2014, Saudi authorities have tried nearly all peaceful dissidents facing broad, catch-all charges in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/report\/2013\/12\/17\/challenging-red-lines\/stories-rights-activists-saudi-arabia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Specialized Criminal Court<\/a>, which the authorities set up in 2008 to investigate terrorism-related crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Human Rights Watch research has found that the court often convicts suspects on charges that are not recognizable crimes. Some speech-related charges have resulted in prison sentences of between 10 and 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi activists and dissidents currently serving long prison terms based solely on their peaceful activism include <a href=\"https:\/\/features.hrw.org\/features\/HRW_2016_reports\/140_Characters\/index.html?_ga=2.189545003.1693725153.1494831985-1295516698.1482195730#en\/waleed-abu-al-khair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Waleed Abu al-Khair<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/features.hrw.org\/features\/HRW_2016_reports\/140_Characters\/index.html#en\/mohammed-fahad-al-qahtani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mohammed al-Qahtani<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/features.hrw.org\/features\/HRW_2016_reports\/140_Characters\/index.html#en\/abdullah-al-hamid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abdullah al-Hamid<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/features.hrw.org\/features\/HRW_2016_reports\/140_Characters\/index.html#en\/fadhil-al-manasif\">Fadhil al-Manasif<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/features.hrw.org\/features\/HRW_2016_reports\/140_Characters\/index.html#en\/sulaiman-al-rashoodi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sulaiman al-Rashoodi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/features.hrw.org\/features\/HRW_2016_reports\/140_Characters\/index.html#en\/abdulkareem-al-khodr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abdulkareem al-Khodr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/features.hrw.org\/features\/HRW_2016_reports\/140_Characters\/index.html#en\/fowzan-al-harbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fowzan al-Harbi<\/a>, Saleh al-Ashwan, Abdulrahman al-Hamid, <a href=\"https:\/\/features.hrw.org\/features\/HRW_2016_reports\/140_Characters\/index.html#en\/zuhair-kutbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zuhair Kutbi<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/features.hrw.org\/features\/HRW_2016_reports\/140_Characters\/index.html#en\/alaa-brinji\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alaa Brinji<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other cases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2014\/09\/10\/saudi-arabia-protest-convictions-flawed-unfair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Human Rights Watch analyze<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2014\/09\/10\/saudi-arabia-protest-convictions-flawed-unfair\">d<\/a>, the court convicted defendants solely on confessions that the defendants later retracted in court, saying that they only confessed under torture and duress. Some of these cases resulted in the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>On January 2, 2016, Saudi Arabia carried out a mass execution of 47 men for \u201cterrorism offenses.\u201d Forty-three were associated with Al-Qaeda attacks in the 2000s, and four were Shia allegedly involved in protest-related crimes in 2011 and 2012. It was Saudi Arabia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2016\/01\/04\/saudi-arabia-mass-execution-largest-1980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">largest mass execution <\/a>since 1980. Among those executed was Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent Shia cleric sentenced to death in 2014 after the Specialized Criminal Court convicted him on a host of vague charges, apparently based largely on his peaceful criticism of Saudi officials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN Envoy Criticizes Abuses Following Visit (Beirut) \u2013 A United Nations official who recently visited Saudi Arabia has criticized the country\u2019s use of its terrorism tribunal and counterterrorism law to unjustly prosecute human rights defenders, writers, and peaceful critics, Human Rights Watch said today. \u00a0Ben Emmerson, the UN special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, 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