Mohammed Saleh al-Bejadi

Mohammed Saleh al-Bejadi[1]
Born1980 or 1981 (age 43–44)[2] or 1977 or 1978 (age 45–46)[3]
NationalitySaudi
Known forco-founding of ACPRA[4]
Children1 daughter[2]

Mohammed Saleh al-Bejadi[1] (or Muhammad, Salih,[3] al-Bajadi,[5] albjadi;[2] Arabic: محمد البجادي) is a co-founder of the Saudi Arabian human rights organisation Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA)[4] who has campaigned for prisoners' rights since 2007.[6][7] He spent four months in prison without charge or trial in 2007[6] and was banned from foreign travel in 2009.[6]

He was arrested 21 March 2011,[5][8][9] and on 11 March 2015 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison.[10]

He was released later in 2015, but arrested again in May 2018.[11]

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  10. ^ Saudi Arabia jails human rights activist Mohammed al-Bajadi
  11. ^ Saudi Arabia arrests key activist in human rights crackdown, 25 May 2018 The Guardian