The detention of the former Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia for violating international law is undermining security in both the state and the West, according to a cross-party investigative panel of British lawmakers.
Mohammed bin Nayef was arrested in March as part of a coup d’tat ordered by the current Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman.
The panel found that, since March, Bin Naif had lost significant weight. The panel found that he suffered from “joint pain, especially in his knees, which makes it difficult for him to walk comfortably without assistance, and there is evidence of damage to his legs, and increased pain in the walking king.”
The panel also claimed that the evidence presented in it showed that “he could not fight his detention before an independent and impartial judge, the lawyer did not have access to discuss his situation and his case was reviewed to determine whether it was appropriate.” No. Keep him in custody. ”He is not allowed to see his family or the doctor.
Lawmakers said Bin Naif was recently released from solitary confinement after nine months, but added that he had been warned he would be sent to solitary confinement until he was ready to release funds to the state.
He claims that it is in the interests of the international community and Saudi Arabia itself to urgently address its human rights record so that it does not “fully mortgage” its actions in the vast referendum of global referendum. ”
They also say that Saudi failure to live up to international human rights standards undermines state and Western security.
Saudi Arabia declined to co-operate in the panel’s work, although the Saudi ambassador to the UK held a record meeting with the panel’s chairman on the panel’s intentions. The panel described the lack of cooperation as deeply frustrating.
Saudi officials are likely to dismiss the report as a pre-conceived self-appointed attempt to discredit the state and its rulers.
But Crispin Blunt, former chairman of the foreign affairs selection committee that led the panel, is generally seen as an ally of the Gulf states and fought hard to defend Saudi Arabia’s right to acquire weapons to fight the war in Yemen.
The cross-party panel has been given legal advice on human rights law by the investigating law firm and Secretary Bindman.
In the absence of cooperation from Saudi officials, the panel held evidence sessions primarily with Saudi dissidents, spoke to senior UK government officials, human rights groups, and appeared to be non-knife allies.
The report claims that the detention of political dissent is a local one in the country and is one of the reasons why it failed to get elected to the UN Human Rights Committee this year.
There is growing speculation that bin Naif, a former deputy minister and one-time close ally of Western intelligence, could be charged.
He was arrested along with Shah’s elder brother, Prince Ahmed, who was seen as an attempt by bin Salman to remove all threats to join the throne.
The lawmakers also recommended that any attempt by Saudi Arabia to use Interpol to solicit assistance in relation to its own citizens living abroad should be investigated for pre-emptive skepticism until the basic legal instruments of international human rights and repressive practices are recognized. The treatment of its own citizens has ceased.
They also proposed that G7 member states suspend prisoner transfer agreements and extradition treaties with Saudi Arabia and review all criminal justice agreements in light of evidence of Saudi Arabia’s reluctance to meet its basic international legal obligations to its own citizens.
They also urged social media companies to resist public intimidation campaigns by state artists or unaccounted for other groups or individuals who appear to be coordinated by state artists.
