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Please participate with your own method to help and
make well known the struggle for civil society prisoners in Saudi
Arabia and do not forgit that Dr Matrouk al Faleh still in detention
up to now
Arab
Commission for Human Rights
Defense
Teams for jailed Saudi Activists Are observing and Calling for a
Two-Day
Hunger Strike
To Show
Solidarity with Detainees and To Support Their Human Rights
Saudi Justice system and
legal procedures (e.g., Criminal Procedure and Arrest and Detention
Laws) had failed to render just judgments to jailed Saudi
human-right activists who have been arrested with no official
indictments, and incarcerated indefinitely in solitary confinements
with no right for an attorney or access to habeas corpus. After
exerting all means to get fair treatments to the constitutional
movement’s detainees, the defense teams decided to observe a 48-hour
hunger strike. The proposed strike will take place on Thursday and
Friday, 6-7 November 2008, in protest against flagrant human-right
violations for all detainees in Saudi prisons who have been deprived
of their basic rights as guaranteed by Criminal Procedure Law and
Arrest and Detention Law, which stated the following:
1. The Bureau of
Investigation and Prosecution shall conduct its investigation and
prosecution in accordance with its Law and the
implementing regulations thereof (Article 14).
2.
During the
investigation, the accused shall have the right to seek the
assistance of a representative or an attorney (Article 64)…... to
defend him during the investigation and trial stages (Article 4).
3.
An arrested
person shall not be subjected to any bodily or moral harm.
Similarly, he shall not be subjected to any torture or degrading
treatment (Article 2).
4.
Whoever is
arrested or detained shall be promptly notified of the reasons for
his arrest or detention and shall be entitled to communicate with
any person of his choice to inform him of his arrest (Article 116).
5.
In all cases,
the Investigator shall order that the accused may not communicate
with any other prisoner or detainee, and that he not be visited by
anyone (i.e., solitary confinements) for a period not exceeding
sixty days if the interest of the investigation so requires, without
prejudice to the right of the accused to communicate with his
representative or attorney (Article 119).
6.
In cases that
require detention for a longer period, the matter shall be referred
to the Director of the Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution to
issue an order that the arrest be extended for a period or
successive periods none of which shall exceed thirty days and their
aggregate shall not exceed six months from the date of arrest of the
accused. Thereafter, the accused shall be directly transferred to
the competent court, or be released (Article 114).
7.
Court hearings
shall be public (Article 155). The judgment shall be read in an open
session at which the parties must be present……. supporting evidence
and arguments, the stages of the action, the text of the judgment,
reasons and legal bases therefore, and whether it was rendered
unanimously or by majority vote (Article 182).
8.
A visitation
right for prisoners by their family members, friends and legal
counselors (Arrest and Detention Law, Article 12)
We declared our observance
of a hunger strike in solidarity with following jailed human-right
activists from the constitutional movement and civil society in
Saudi Arabia:
1.
Professor
Matrook H. Al-Faleh, political science professor at King Saud
University in Riyadh, detained by security forces in May 19, 2008.
2.
Attorney
Suliman Ibrahim Al-Reshoudi, former judge and human-right advocate,
detained in February 2, 2007.
3.
Attorney Dr.
Mousa Mohammed Al-Qarni, former university professor and human-right
activist, detained in February 2, 2007.
4.
Professor
Abdulrahman Mohammed Al-Shomari, former professor of education and
human-right activist, detained in February 2, 2007.
5.
Dr. Abdulaziz
Suliman Al-Khereiji, human-right activist, detained in February 2,
2007.
6.
Saifaldeen
Faisal Al-Sherif, human-right activist, detained in February 2,
2007.
7.
Fahd Alskaree
Al-Qurashi, human-right activist, detained in February 2, 2007.
8.
Abdulrahman
Bin Sadiq, Human-right activist, detained in February 2, 2007.
9.
Dr. Saud
Mohammed Al-Hashemi, human-right activist, detained in February 2,
2007.
10.
Ali Khosifan
Al-Qarni, human-right activist, detained in February 2, 2007.
11.
Mansour Salim
Al-Otha, human-right activist, detained in December 12, 2007.
We, furthermore, announced
our sympathies with all opinion prisoners in the Saudi jails who
suffer human-right abuses with no fair chances of defending
themselves in accordance with Criminal Procedure Law and by getting
fair and just trials. Many activists have answered our call (their
names will be announced at a later date), and they will participate
in the proposed 48-hour hunger strike during the two specified dates
to show their objection against the repeated violations of the
criminal and detention laws vis-ŕ-vis jailed activists. Our demand
is quite simple: either to set the detainees free or instantly grant
them fair and public trials.
We welcome all activists and
citizens who have conscious feelings and interested in participating
in the proposed hunger strike to show sympathy and solidarity with
all detainees whose basic rights have been violated. Their names and
information can be registered by calling members of the defense
teams whose phone numbers appear below.
Names of the members of the
defense teams who are participating in the hunger strike to show
solidarity with the aforementioned detainees:
1.
Ayman Mohammad
Al-Rashed, human-right activist.mobile# +966505288354
2.
Saud Ahmed Al-Degaither,
human-right activist.mobile# +966559201964
3.
Professor
Abdulkareem Yousef Al-Khadher, College of Islamic Jurisprudence,
Qassim University.
mobil# +966503331113
4.
Dr.
Abdulrahman Hamed Al-Hamed, professor of Islamic economics.mobile#
+966503774446
5.
Abdullah
Mohammad Al-Zahrani, human-right activist.
6.
Abdulmohsin
Ali Al-Ayashi, human-right activist.mobile# +966553644636
7.
Fahd Abdulaziz
Al-Oraini, human-right activist.mobile# +966502566678 email:
fahadalorani@gmail.com
8.
Fowzan Mohsin
Al-Harbi, Human-right activist.mobile# +966501916774 email:
fowzanm@gmail.com
9.
Dr. Mohammad
Fahd Al-Qahtani, college professor and TV show host.mobile#
+966555464345 email: moh.alqahtani@gmail.com
10.
Mohana
Mohammed Al-Faleh, human-right activist.mobile# +966505388205
11.
Nasser Salim
Al-Otha, human-right activist.
12.
Hashim
Abdullah Al-Refai, writer and activist.
13.
Waleed
Sami Abu Alkhair, writer and activist.
mobile# +966567761788 email:
abualkair@gmail.com
Fax# +96614272168
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