Mohammed Ahmed al-Hazza al-Ghamdi In prison

Arrest and jail information

• Prison: Dhahban Central Prison, Jeddah
• Date of arrest: 13 February 2018

Trial information

• Charges: Al Hazzaa was arrested on 13 February 2018 in connection with his work as a cartoonist for the Qatari newspaper Lusail, and charged with offences that included “sympathising with Qatar”, “communicating with persons hostile to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”, “producing, preparing and transmitting material prejudicial to public order through social media sites”, and opposing Saudi policy over the boycott imposed on Qatar by Saudi Arabia and allied states in 2017.
• Court: Specialised Criminal Court (SCC)
• Verdict: 23 years

Violations

• Arbitrary arrest/ detention ,
• Enforced disappearance ,
• Denied contact with family ,
• Denied access to a lawyer ,
• Observers denied access to court hearings ,
• Denied access to healthcare