William Sampson (author)

This article is about a British citizen arrested in Saudi Arabia. For other people named William Sampson, see William Sampson (disambiguation). For the Native American actor and artist, see Will Sampson.

William Sampson
Born(1959-04-17)17 April 1959[1]
Middleton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died28 March 2012(2012-03-28) (aged 52)[2]
United Kingdom
Pen nameBill
OccupationBiochemist, writer
GenreNon-fiction

William Sampson ((1959-04-17)17 April 1959 – 28 March 2012) was a dual British and Canadian national who was arrested in Saudi Arabia on 17 December 2000 on a variety of charges including terrorism, espionage and murder. He was imprisoned and tortured for two years and seven months, and finally released and permitted to leave Saudi Arabia, along with several of his co-accused, on 8 August 2003.

In 2005 Sampson published a book about his experience entitled Confessions of an Innocent Man: Torture and Survival in a Saudi Prison.[3]

  1. ^ Stephen Thorne (8 August 2003). "Sampson tested by torture, deprivation". pub. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Dabu Nonato, Sheila (30 March 2012). "Canadian torture survivor William Sampson dead". Vancouver Sun. Canada.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ William Sampson (2005). Confessions of an Innocent Man: Torture and Survival in a Saudi Prison (10 October 2006 ed.). McClelland & Stewart. p. 432. ISBN 0-7710-7905-2.