The Saudi-European human rights organization says the youngest Saudi political prisoner has been released.
Publish dateSaturday 25 June 2022 - 15:05
Story Code : 254773
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Monitoring: The European-Saudi Human Rights Organization told Siwanan that "Mortaji Qaris", who is recognized by lawyers and human rights activists as "the youngest political prisoner" in Saudi Arabia, Friday has been released.
According to Arti, the case of Morteza Qariris was first highlighted in a special report published in 2019, revealing details of how he was arrested by Saudi authorities when he was thirteen years old.
The details were released three years after he was accused of participating in a bicycle protest during the 2011 Arab Spring; He was arrested and imprisoned at the age of ten.
"After nearly four years of pre-trial detention before his 18th birthday, an indictment was filed for his execution, and prosecutors allege that Qaris is affiliated with an extremist terrorist group," CNN reported.
The young Saudi was released after Saudi leaders announced in 2020, in part of their royal decrees, that they would abolish the death penalty for those who committed crimes at a young age.
Saudi Arabia executed 81 people, including 7 Yemenis and a Syrian, in the largest execution in one day, claiming to have deviant beliefs and links to terrorism. After their execution, he announced that 41 of them were from the Shiite region of Qatif, who lost their lives only for what the Al-Saud regime calls deviant beliefs. Among the 41 was a 13-year-old teenager.
According to Arti, the case of Morteza Qariris was first highlighted in a special report published in 2019, revealing details of how he was arrested by Saudi authorities when he was thirteen years old.
The details were released three years after he was accused of participating in a bicycle protest during the 2011 Arab Spring; He was arrested and imprisoned at the age of ten.
"After nearly four years of pre-trial detention before his 18th birthday, an indictment was filed for his execution, and prosecutors allege that Qaris is affiliated with an extremist terrorist group," CNN reported.
The young Saudi was released after Saudi leaders announced in 2020, in part of their royal decrees, that they would abolish the death penalty for those who committed crimes at a young age.
Saudi Arabia executed 81 people, including 7 Yemenis and a Syrian, in the largest execution in one day, claiming to have deviant beliefs and links to terrorism. After their execution, he announced that 41 of them were from the Shiite region of Qatif, who lost their lives only for what the Al-Saud regime calls deviant beliefs. Among the 41 was a 13-year-old teenager.
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