B.
Replies received between 1 August 2013 and 31 January 2014 relating to communications sent before 1
June 2013
11.
The table below lists, in chronological order, communications dating before 1 June 2013 to which a reply or an additional
reply has been received in the period between 1 August 2013 and 31 January 2014. Copies of the full text of the communications
sent and the reply received during the reporting period can be accessed from the electronic version of this report available on the
OHCHR website. Some names of individuals or other information have been rendered anonymous or otherwise unidentifiable.
Date
Type
Case No
Country
SAU 1/2011
03/03/2011 Saudi Arabia
JUA
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
Arbitrary
detention;
Freedom of
expression;
Human rights
defenders;
03/06/2013
Alleged detention of the founders of a political party. According to the information
received, on 16 February 2011, Mr Ahmad bin Sa‘d al-Ghamdi, Mr. Abdul Aziz alWuhaibi, Mr. Muhammad bin Hussain al-Qahtani and Mr. Muhammad bin Nasser alGhamdi, together with three other Saudi Arabian citizens, were arrested by members of
the Interior Ministry‘s General Intelligence. A week prior to their detention, they had
submitted a request for recognition of what would be Saudi Arabia‘s first political party,
the Islamic Omma Party. All of them were asked to sign an undertaking that they would
renounce their activities with the party. Mr. bin Sa‘d al-Ghamdi, Mr Aziz al-Wuhaibi,
Mr bin Hussain al-Qahtani and Mr bin Nasser al-Ghamdi reportedly refused to do so,
and as a result they were placed in detention.
A/HRC/25/74
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