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After the Saudi judiciary sentenced activist Loujain Al-Hathloul to 5 years and 8 months in prison, the adviser to the president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, calls it an “unfair and disturbing” ruling, and a Democratic senator criticizes Republican silence on human rights violations in Saudi Arabia.
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US National Security Advisor: The Saudi court’s ruling on Loujain Al-Hathloul is “unfair and disturbing.”
International condemnations of the Saudi decision to imprison activist Loujain Al-Hathloul for five years continued.
Jake Sullivan, national security adviser to US President-elect Joe Biden, said: “Saudi Arabia’s trial of Loujain Al-Hathloul simply for exercising his rights is unfair and disruptive,” emphasizing that “the Biden-Harris administration will oppose human rights violations wherever they occur. “
In turn, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said that “Saudi Arabia could have ended the torture and political persecution to which Jane Al-Hathloul was subjected as a gesture of goodwill towards the next Biden administration, but it was not So”.
Murphy added that “it is ironic that all Republicans who speak out aggressively about human rights violations in China, Cuba and Venezuela are silent when this happens in the Gulf.”
The US newspaper “Foreign Policy”, after issuing the decision, spoke about “the mirage of human rights in the shadow of Mohammed bin Salman.”
The same newspaper found that recent social reforms in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were aimed at attracting international attention rather than its interest in improving the lives of its citizens at home.
It is noteworthy that the Saudi judiciary, on Monday, condemned the detained Saudi human rights activist, Loujain Al-Hathloul, for “having demonstrated his involvement in a series of criminal activities under the law on combating terrorist offenses. and its financing, “according to charges in the Saudi judiciary.
The Riyadh Specialized Criminal Court ruled that Al-Hathloul would be imprisoned for a period of 5 years and 8 months for committing “criminal acts under article 43 of the Law on Combating Crime and Terrorism Financing, such as inciting change the Basic Law of Governance and seek to serve an external agenda within the Kingdom, with the aim of damaging the system. ” General “.
Last Sunday, the organization “ALQST” to support human rights in Saudi Arabia revealed many legal errors that the court and the Prosecutor’s Office made in the Loujain Al-Hathloul trial.
Soon, solidarity campaigns began on social media, with Loujain, against his arrest since 2018.
For the first three months, the Saudi authorities held al-Hathloul incommunicado, without access to his family or lawyer. In mid-2020, he detained her again for 3 months, leading to a two-week hunger strike in October, her second strike since her arrest.
Al-Hathloul refused to sign the pledge and broke it. He told investigators: “By requesting my signature, you are participating in a cover-up and simply defending Saud Al-Qahtani, who was overseeing the torture.”
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