A/HRC/13/42* page 156 Date of release November 2008. Additional information After three years in detention, he sent a letter to his mother via the ICRC. Starting at the end of 2006, he was visited by the ICRC three or four times. After his release, Mr. Abdallah has only been able to eat fruit, as solid food makes him vomit. He experiences pain in his back, jaw and teeth. He constantly feels dizzy and confused during the day and has nightmares at night. * Information contained is from a phone interview with interviewee and other credible sources. Case 3 - Biographic details Name of interviewee Mr. Saud Mukhtar Al-Hashimi* Nationality/country of origin Saudi Arabia Gender Male Detention Date of initial detention 2 February 2007 Location of initial detention Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Grounds of initial detention He was arrested as part of a group of nine persons demanding political change. These individuals were accused of having supported and financed terrorism, and were conducting illegal activities of raising and transferring funds to suspicious parties. Total period of detention From 2 February 2007 until present. He was in detention at the time of this interview. Duration of secret detention First 10 days. The authority(ies) involved in the arrest Officers of the Public Investigations Unit, Saudi Arabia Site(s) of detention, including sites of possible transit He was held in premises of the Public Investigations Unit in Jeddah. For the first ten days he was held in a building annexed to the public prison, and then moved to the public prison. Conditions and treatment He was held in solitary confinement since the beginning of the detention period, without any contact with other detainees. He was interrogated from time to time. Communication with his wife (visits and telephone calls) was sometimes suspended as punishment, including in one instance, for a period of 5 months, and another period of 8 months. He was beaten three times. Judicial proceedings Never formally charged, never brought before a judge Date of release He remains in detention. * Information contained is from an interview with the wife of the interviewee, Mrs. Hassna Ali Ahmed Al Zahrani, and other credible sources.