DATE  : 28 / 07 / 1997

NO  : 68 / H / 97

Save the Human Rights in Arabian Penisula

The Eastern Province as other provinces of Arabian peninsula witnesses every day a wave of arrests for scores of citizens by al-Mabahith al-'Amma (General Investigations) within the framework of the Regime's policy , to rule people tyrannically , to suppress freedoms which are determined by Islamic and international laws and to seize the rights of citizenship and humanity.

While hundreds of scholars and citizens are still held in the prisons and jails of Saudi authorities for many years and months subjecting to severe torture, the ordeal of citizens outside the prison is still continuing through out the cities and villages of the country. The members of al-Mabahith al- `Amma are responsible of this ordeal because they are spread through streets and roads with their arms to frighten people and call them for investigation and they attack their homes to search them without reasons.

In the end of last week , al-Mbahith al-`Amma arrested a lot of citizens, among them are:

1 . Mohammad Hassan al- Hajhouk, aged 31, from al- Qatif.

2 . Reza al- Zamin , aged 32, from al-Qatif.

3 . Shokri Mohammad al-Hiriz, aged 35 free services.

It is worth mentioning that the citizen (al- Hiriz) was exposed to arrest in 1987 and 1990 due to his religious activity.

Al- Mabahith al- Amma also arrested more than eight citizens from al- Qatif due to their participation in the Shi'a public processions to commemorate the death of Imam Hussein (P.B.U.H) which Shi'a used to hold every year during the Islamic months of Muharram and Safar.

The reliable sources from Sihat town in Eastern Province stated that the wife of the martyr (Sheikh Ja'far al-Shwikhat), who died last year in a prison in Syria, was exposed to pressure and harassment by the Saudi authorities and subjected to arrest and investigation. Before several days she was called by al-Mabahith al-`Amma and was arrested for two days solely she was al-Shweikhat's wife. This action is considered a dangerous sign and a bad relapse for human rights situation in the country.

The Saudi regime violates all the Islamic norms and values and the international laws. It doesn't care for people's feelings , freedom, dignity , rights and their values and doesn't care of respecting women and it violates their rights.

The Saudi authorities have informed recently the wife of the citizen Hani al-Sayegh , who is still held in a prison in USA , and warned her that she would expose to arrest and indignity if she ask permission to travel to her husband and her superior also warned that he should not ask for her right to travel.

While we condemn these sever exercises , attacks and violations that are contrary to Islamic Shari'a , we ask all Muslims and freemen to take over their Islamic and human duty and to unite with the ordeal of our people due to the oppression of Al-Saud.

We also call upon the international human rights organizations to break the silence towards the Saudi regime and exert pressure on it to put an end to the human rights violations against people.