Project Description
Name: Marwan al-Muraisy
Marwan al-Muraisy
Prisoner Status: In Prison
Primary Group: Journalist
Arrest Date: 1 June 2018
Personal information
Name: Marwan al-Muraisy
Name in Arabic: مروان المريسي
Date of Birth: 4 June 1905
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married
Profession: Journalist , Writer
Place of residence: Riyadh
Arrest and jail information
Date of arrest:1 June 2018
Manner of arrest: Arrested at his home by security forces, taken to an unknown location and held incommunicado
Where held: Al-Ha’ir Prison, Riyadh
Trial information
Alleged crimes: Unknown
Victim's charges: Unknown
Court: Unknown
Verdict: Unknown
Date of verdict: Unknown
Updates on trial: Unknown
Previous arrests:
Human Rights Violations
Violations: Arbitrary arrest/ detention , Enforced disappearance , Denied contact with family , Denied access to a lawyer
Violation details: From his arrest until May 2019, al-Muraisy’s family were denied any information about him, unable to see him, visit him, phone him, or know anything about his fate. In May 2019, he was finally able to contact his family nearly a year after his enforced disappearance. Due to the covid-19 breakout in Saudi Arabia in April 2020 Marwan was denied contact with his family again.
References
Reference 1: https://cpj.org/data/people/marwan-al-mureisi/
Reference 2: https://menarights.org/en/caseprofile/yemeni-journalist-marwan-al-muraisy-missing-june-2018-arrest-saudi-arabia
Reference 3: https://alqst.org/prisonersofconscience/marwan-al-muraisy
Reference 4: None
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