Yasser al-Ayyaf
Yasser al-Ayyaf
Personal information
Name: Yasser al-Ayyaf
Name in Arabic: ياسر العياف
Date of Birth: Unknown
Gender: Male
Marital status: Single
Profession: Human rights activist
Place of residence: Buraydah
Arrest and jail information
Date of arrest:31 July 2018
Manner of arrest: State security forces raided his home without producing an arrest warrant and took him away to an unknown location
Where held: Al-Tarafiya Prison, al-Qassim
Trial information
Alleged crimes: Unknown
Victim's charges: Communicating with foreign media to smear the country’s reputation; bringing banned books into Saudi Arabia
Court: --
Verdict: Unknown
Date of verdict: Unknown
Updates on trial: Unknown
Previous arrests: On 26 February 2013, the authorities arrested al-Ayyaf and a number of other activists who had taken part in these peaceful protests. He was then subjected to ill-treatment and torture, including beatings
Human Rights Violations
Violations: Arbitrary arrest/ detention , Torture and ill-treatment, placed in solitary confinement
Violation details: Placed in solitary confinement, torture including electrocution
References
Reference 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWvqVLNfbBw
Reference 2: https://mbsmetoo.org/?s=%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%81
Reference 3: https://alqst.org/prisonersofconscience/yasser-al-ayyaf
Reference 4: None
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