human rights defender
Sakina Al-Dakhil
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
HRD's Gender
Woman
Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
Current Status
In prison (sentenced)
HRD's bio and work
Sakina Al-Dakhil is an Internet activist from Saudi Arabia. Al-Dakhil wrote articles about prisoners of conscience and documented violations by publishing them on social media networks and some websites. Al-Dakhil belongs to the Shiite minority in Saudi Arabia.
Detained since
Oct 12, 2020
Charge(s)
- Possession of illegal material
Sentence
12 YEARS
Latitude: 26.33716
Longitude: 49.95834
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Asia: Western Asia
Location of detention - City/Town
Dammam
Location of detention - Facility
Mabahith Prison
Recent case update / evolution
Al-Dakhil was initially sentenced to 7 years in prison in early 2022. Her sentence was extended to 12 years in October 2022. She was charged with subscribing to religious groups on Telegram and WhatsApp, supporting Hezbollah in Lebanon, acquiring the book of the role of women in the family by Sayyed Ali Khamenei, and possessing pictures of the Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr.
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's Gender
- Woman
- Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Sakina Al-Dakhil is an Internet activist from Saudi Arabia. Al-Dakhil wrote articles about prisoners of conscience and documented violations by publishing them on social media networks and some websites. Al-Dakhil belongs to the Shiite minority in Saudi Arabia.
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Asia: Western Asia
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Dammam
- Location of detention - Facility
- Mabahith Prison
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 26.33716
Longitude: 49.95834
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Oct 12, 2020
- Current Status
- In prison (sentenced)
- Charge(s)
- Possession of illegal material
- Sentence
12 YEARS
- Recent case update / evolution
Al-Dakhil was initially sentenced to 7 years in prison in early 2022. Her sentence was extended to 12 years in October 2022. She was charged with subscribing to religious groups on Telegram and WhatsApp, supporting Hezbollah in Lebanon, acquiring the book of the role of women in the family by Sayyed Ali Khamenei, and possessing pictures of the Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr.
- Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
Al-Dakhil was brutally arrested by the security forces after a raid on her house. Her money, phone, and computer were illegally confiscated.
- Documented by
- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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