Abdurrahim Al Murbati
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Abdurrahim Al Murbati is a citizen of Bahrain
who has been held in extrajudicial detention
in Saudi Arabia
since June 2003.
The Gulf Daily News
reported on July 7, 2008 that Al Murbati had been held in
Haer prison south of the Saudi capital Riyadh
.
His son Osama had been allowed regular visits to him, until recently, when he was told his father had been moved.
Saudi authorities had withheld Al Murbati's current location.
Abdurrahim Al Murbati is the brother of former Guantanamo captive Issa Al Murbati.
On September 21, 2008 the Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society
launched another appeal for the release of Al Murbati and Khalil Janahi
.
The Gulf Daily News reported that the two men had recently been transferred to a prison in Damman, in eastern Saudi Arabia, nearer to Bahrain.
On August 2, 2010, Newsblaze speculated that Saudi officials had not complained about a recent incident where Bahraini police had been recorded beating a Saudi citizen because Saudi Arabia did not want to explain its detentin of Al Murbati, Khalil Janahi and Abdullah Al Nuaimi.
Newsblaze noted that Al Murbati's family were not being allowed to see him.
Bahrain
' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...
who has been held in extrajudicial detention
Extrajudicial detention
Arbitrary or extrajudicial detention is the detention of individuals by a state, without ever laying formal charges against them.Although it has a long history of legitimate use in wartime , detention without charge, sometimes in secret, has been one of the hallmarks of totalitarian states...
in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
since June 2003.
The Gulf Daily News
Gulf Daily News
The Gulf Daily News is an English-language newspaper published in the Kingdom of Bahrain by Al Hilal Group. It is distributed locally in Bahrain. It is owned by the Al Hilal Group, which publishes 13 other newspapers and magazines, including the local Arabic newspaper Akhbar Al Khaleej. The paper,...
reported on July 7, 2008 that Al Murbati had been held in
Haer prison south of the Saudi capital Riyadh
Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560 people, and the urban center of a...
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His son Osama had been allowed regular visits to him, until recently, when he was told his father had been moved.
Saudi authorities had withheld Al Murbati's current location.
Abdurrahim Al Murbati is the brother of former Guantanamo captive Issa Al Murbati.
On September 21, 2008 the Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society
Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society
The Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society, is a Bahraini human rights organization established in November 2004 which claims to protect housemaids, and to fight for women’s rights....
launched another appeal for the release of Al Murbati and Khalil Janahi
Khalil Janahi
Khalil Janahi is a citizen of Bahrain and Dubai who was arrested and held in Saudi Arabia in April 2007.According to Abdullah Hashim lawyer for the Bahrain's National Justice Movement, speaking in July 2008, Janahi's extrajudicial detention, and that of fellow Bahraini Abdurahim Al Murbati,was of...
.
The Gulf Daily News reported that the two men had recently been transferred to a prison in Damman, in eastern Saudi Arabia, nearer to Bahrain.
On August 2, 2010, Newsblaze speculated that Saudi officials had not complained about a recent incident where Bahraini police had been recorded beating a Saudi citizen because Saudi Arabia did not want to explain its detentin of Al Murbati, Khalil Janahi and Abdullah Al Nuaimi.
Newsblaze noted that Al Murbati's family were not being allowed to see him.