Middle East Focus: Saudis Ignore Own Detention Law, Democracy Activist Held over Three Years Without Charges………

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Saudis Ignore Own Detention Law, Democracy Activist Held over Three Years Without Charges………

“RIYADH - Pro-democracy activist to be finally charged after three-and-a-half-year detention without trial. A Saudi judge on Saturday threw out a dissident's lawsuit over his three-and-a-half-year detention without trial, saying the government had finally filed its charges against the pro-democracy activist. Riyadh grievance court judge Abdul Aziz al-Mathi rejected calls to free Suliman al-Reshoudi in the first ever test of the government's eight-year-old law requiring that detainees be released after six months if proceedings have not begun. Mathi said he received an official message late on Friday that Reshoudi had been informed of the charges behind his 2007 arrest with several other activists……..”

Clever compliant judge, nice choriography with the government: he waits until the man files lawsuit, and after the government decides to file charges, three and a half years too late, then he rejects the man’s lawsuit. In case you wondered how they get their jobs, and keep them, these extremely judges.
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mhg

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