Rights group Amnesty International has condemned a Saudi court decision to jail an activist for seven years, labelling the charges as "spurious" and urging that the sentence be quashed. A court in Riyadh passed the sentence on Fowzan al-Harbi on Tuesday and also banned him from travelling for a further seven years, Amnesty said in a statement. "Harbi has been ruthlessly targeted for daring to question the Saudi authorities? human rights record," said Said Boumedouha, Amnesty's deputy director of the Middle East and **rth Africa Programme. Harbi, 36, is a founder of the local Saudi Civil and Political rights Association (ACPRA), and was jailed in December 2013, when a judge ordered his arrest without providing a reason, according to Amnesty.
06-27-2014, 04:45 AM
Amnesty slams Saudi jailing of rights activist
Rights group Amnesty International has condemned a Saudi court decision to jail an activist for seven years, labelling the charges as "spurious" and urging that the sentence be quashed. A court in Riyadh passed the sentence on Fowzan al-Harbi on Tuesday and also banned him from travelling for a further seven years, Amnesty said in a statement. "Harbi has been ruthlessly targeted for daring to question the Saudi authorities? human rights record," said Said Boumedouha, Amnesty's deputy director of the Middle East and **rth Africa Programme. Harbi, 36, is a founder of the local Saudi Civil and Political rights Association (ACPRA), and was jailed in December 2013, when a judge ordered his arrest without providing a reason, according to Amnesty.
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