Personal information
- Sex: Male
- Date of birth: 1974
- Area of activity: Academic , Writer
Academic and researcher, Al-Sarhan is the former Secretary-General of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. Al-Sarhan had published an article on the future economic and political direction of Saudi Arabia under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in which he acknowledged having previously harboured strong doubts. As soon as the crown prince’s disgraced former adviser Saud al-Qahtani re-emerged on the political scene this autumn, the order went out for al-Sarhan’s arrest.
Arrest and jail information
- Prison: Unknown
- Date of arrest: End of October 2021
Violations
- Arbitrary arrest/ detention ,
- Enforced disappearance
Timeline
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End of October 2021 - Forcibly disappeared