ADHRB Weekly Newsletter #381
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** Profile in Persecution
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Ali Isa Abdulla Yusuf Jasim
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Ali Isa Jasim was a 15 year old high school student when he was arrested without a warrant along with other young boys by officers in civilian clothing. He was subjected to enforced disappearance for a week and denied contact with his family. At only 15 years of age, he was one of 51 individuals subjected to a mass trail which was marred with forced disappearances, torture, and fair trial violations.
On 13 November 2019, Ali was out of the house to purchase personal items and was on a Whatsapp call with his mother when the line cut at 8:26 PM when he was ambushed along with the group of young people he was with by masked civilian officers, armed forces, and riot police who arrested the group. The family did not receive any calls from any entity requesting their son be brought before an official body, and they did not receive any summons and subpoenas. He was not wanted and is not politically active as he was only a high school student at the time.
At 1:00 AM, Ali called his family to let them know he was being held at the Criminal Investigation Directorate (CID). The next day, his family visited the CID to confirm this, but officials denied them that information. It was not until a week later that Ali called and confirmed to his family that he was there and asked for clothes while sounding very confused and flustered.
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** GCC in the Wire
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- Elated Qataris stream into Saudi after border re-opened (France 24) ([link removed])
Qataris celebrated crossing their border with Saudi Arabia Sunday, calling the kingdom "our second country", as Doha readied its strict coronavirus measures for Saudis to enter following a Gulf diplomatic thaw.
- Saudi carves path out of US partisan politics with Qatar detente (Al Jazeera) ([link removed])
The sight of President Donald Trump’s supporters storming the United States Capitol on Wednesday laid bare an American political landscape that has become destructively partisan.
- Amnesty critical of FIFA leader starring in Saudi PR video (AP) ([link removed])
Human rights activists are denouncing FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s starring turn in a promotional video for the Saudi Arabian government in which he claims the kingdom has made important changes.
- Oman sultan creates crown prince post, changes constitution (AP) ([link removed])
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oman’s sultan announced a shake-up of the Gulf country’s constitution on Monday with changes that include the appointment of a crown prince for the first time and steps to boost government transparency, the state-run news agency reported.
- Qatar and Saudi Arabia to resume direct flights (Reuters) ([link removed])
CAIRO (Reuters) - Qatar Airways and Saudi Airlines will resume flights between Doha and Riyadh from Monday in a reopening of airspace as part of a political rapprochement in a three-year-old dispute.
- U.N. warns of serious repercussions from planned U.S. blacklisting of Yemen's Houthis (Reuters) ([link removed])
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations warned on Monday that a U.S. plan to designate Yemen’s Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization is “likely to have serious humanitarian and political repercussions.”
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