human rights defender
Atallah Al-Huwaiti
Actions and Campaigns
human rights defender
Actions and Campaigns
Man
In prison (sentenced)
Atallah Al-Huwaiti belongs to the Al-Huwaitat tribe, which was targeted by Saudi authorities for their vocal opposition to the NEOM project that threatens to displace them. He recorded a video on social media in which he was calling on international organizations to support the Al-Huwaitat tribe and prevent their forced displacement. Atallah was arrested on 4 January 2021, after handing himself over to the authorities in Jeddah in response to seeing the news of members of the Al-Huwaitat tribe being called “terrorists” by the authorities.
Jan 4, 2021
Death sentence
Following his arrest, Atallah was held in solitary confinement and was subjected to brutal acts of torture as a way of coercing him to confess that he and other members of the Al-Huwaitat tribe had established a terrorist cell.
Latitude: 26.52111
Longitude: 43.99196
Al-Qassim
Al-Tarrfiyyah prison
On 5 August 2022, Ataullah Al-Huwaiti was sentenced to death by the Saudi Specialized Criminal Court, which was then upheld by the Specialised Criminal Court of Appeal on 23 January 2023. He was charged with establishing a terrorist cell.
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Atallah Al-Huwaiti belongs to the Al-Huwaitat tribe, which was targeted by Saudi authorities for their vocal opposition to the NEOM project that threatens to displace them. He recorded a video on social media in which he was calling on international organizations to support the Al-Huwaitat tribe and prevent their forced displacement. Atallah was arrested on 4 January 2021, after handing himself over to the authorities in Jeddah in response to seeing the news of members of the Al-Huwaitat tribe being called “terrorists” by the authorities.
Latitude: 26.52111
Longitude: 43.99196
Death sentence
On 5 August 2022, Ataullah Al-Huwaiti was sentenced to death by the Saudi Specialized Criminal Court, which was then upheld by the Specialised Criminal Court of Appeal on 23 January 2023. He was charged with establishing a terrorist cell.
Following his arrest, Atallah was held in solitary confinement and was subjected to brutal acts of torture as a way of coercing him to confess that he and other members of the Al-Huwaitat tribe had established a terrorist cell.