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Abdullah al-Hamid, pioneering Saudi human rights defender, dies in custody

Name: Abdullah al-Hamid, pioneering Saudi human rights defender, dies in custody
Uploaded: 2020-04-24T18:42:06+0100
Description: Al-Hamid died while serving an eleven-year sentence for his advocacy. A prisoners monitoring group described his death as "due to intentional health neglect".

MEE staff

Published date: 24 April 2020 19:07 BST | Last update: 4 years ago

Al-Hamid died while serving an eleven-year sentence for his advocacy. A prisoners monitoring group described his death as "due to intentional health neglect".

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