Awesome testimony at the Congressional hearing on the status of Saudi detainees

The Tom Lantos Human Rights Committee organized a session of the US Congress on "Women's Rights Advocates in Saudi Arabia", which included testimonies and reports that painted a grim picture of human rights and violations in Saudi Arabia.

Human Rights Watch's head of the Middle East and North Africa, Sarah Leah Whitson, said that free votes for citizens are what frightens the Saudi regime. She pointed out that the beatings and electrocution and skin whips are violations practiced by the organs of the Saudi regime in the right of detainees.

Leah Whitson stressed that the White House is helping the Saudi regime avoid accounting.

Walid al-Hathloul, the brother of Saudi human rights activist Jain al-Hathloul, said his sister was tortured and sexually harassed in secret prisons under the supervision of Saudi officials, including Saud al-Qahtani, adviser to the Saudi crown prince.

He added that his sister was tortured sadistically, not for the purpose of extracting information from her, but only for pleasure.

"We do not know where he is now and if he is investigated against this case, he is clearly involved in torture," he said.

Saudi journalist Safa al-Ahmad said Saudi Arabia used terrorism to describe anyone who opposed its policy.

By participating in a debate organized by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Committee in Congress, Al-Ahmad added that the Saudi authorities are using the charge of terrorism for intimidation and silencing.

"We can be considered terrorists, and therefore you in this room can be accused of being in the same room, encouraging confusion in Saudi Arabia, so terrorism is a loose definition, we do not know what is legal and what is illegal in Saudi Arabia, Fear and mute people's mouths, so they do not know the red lines. "

Saudi Arabia's Omayma Al-Najjar confirmed that Saudi Crown Prince Saud al-Qahtani was involved in torture in Saudi prisons.

Democratic deputies, including Jim McGovern and Roh Kana, have called for Saudi Arabia to be held accountable by the United States and the international community.