Munir Al-Adam
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2020-107-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2020
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 23.885942
Longitude: 45.079162
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Saudi Arabia
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 15 July 2019
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Male
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
a juvenile with disabilities when detained, was one of 14 individuals charged by the General Bureau for Investigation and Prosecution (since July 2017, the General Prosecution Office) in relation to pro-democracy protests, with a count of “joining a terrorist cell within the country that disobeyed the King and to disturb the peace,” which requested the death penalty against each of them; execution took place on 23 April 2019
- Type of rights defended
- Civil/political rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
The mandate holders raised concern that Mr. Al-Adam may have been subject to reprisals during his incarceration and while a communication was pending before the special procedures (SAU 9/2019).
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Special Procedures: thematic
- Dates of engagement
- 2019
- Type of attempted engagement
- Submission of information to UN
- UN raised case of person/organization
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 2018 and 2019
- Reprisal information
The mandate holders raised concern that Mr. Al-Adam may have been subject to reprisals during his incarceration and while a communication was pending before the special procedures (SAU 9/2019).
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Physical attack: Torture/Cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Government response dates
- 12 September 2019
- Government response content
Government 83 stated that the allegations are false and based on uncorroborated and unfounded information, that Mr. Al-Adam was part of a terrorist group, and had engaged in activities resulting in casualties, fatalities and the destruction of public and private property. It stated that he was not subject to ill-treatment and torture, was not denied medical care or legal representation, was not subject to any reprisals when incarcerated, and had previously informed that he was not considered a person with a disability, following an examination of the Human Rights Commission (A/HRC/WGAD/2019/26, para. 69). It noted that he had been sentenced to final judgements upheld by the Appeal Court and Supreme Court and a royal order was issued for their enforcement.
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0