Saudi human rights activists and opponents have announced the death of the detainee, Dr. Abdullah Al-Hamed, who is called "Sheikh of Jurists" in Saudi Arabia, as a result of medical negligence.
"We belong to God and to Him we shall return ... Dr. Abu Bilal Abdullah Al-Hamid died this morning in prison, as a result of the deliberate health negligence that led him to a stroke that killed his life," the Saudi account of the "prisoners of conscience" wrote on Twitter.
He added that Al-Hamid’s death in prison “is not a normal thing, as it is a deliberate assassination carried out by the Saudi authorities after the prison administration left him in a coma several hours before being transferred to the hospital.”
The opinion detainees' account stated that "silence on this crime may cause the death of other free detainees."
Saudi authorities arrested Dr. Abdullah Al-Hamid, one of the founders of the “reform” reform project in the kingdom, in March 2013, and sentenced him to 11 years in prison, without explaining the reasons for the ruling.
A week ago, the human rights organization, Al-Qustat, published several statements confirming that Al-Hamid was transferred to the intensive care unit while in a serious condition, after he suffered a stroke and was in a coma due to the authorities neglecting his health.
The organization stressed at the time that Al-Hamid had been suffering from a deteriorating health situation for more than three months, and the authorities did not accept his release despite his age of seventy.
And human rights activist Yahya Asiri confirmed the news of the death of Al-Hamid, one of the most prominent figures calling for reform in the kingdom.
The dissident Saeed bin Nasser Al-Ghamdi indicated that he will be prayed on Al-Hamid and buried in the city of Buraidah this afternoon.
And he posted a new account on Twitter called "The Martyr Abdullah Al-Hamid", the site of Al-Qusayia Cemetery, where his body is supposed to be hidden.
We ask God to accept Dr. Abdullah Al-Hamid as a martyr after he passed away in the prison of the tyrant. Perhaps he would write to him the reward for the word of truth with the unfair Sultan of |
The death of our famous great reformist fighter d. # Abdullah_ Al- |
The death of our famous great reformist fighter d. # Abdullah_ Al- |
The tragic death of the reform symbol d. # Abdullah_Al-Hamid after a deliberate medical negligence in prison and a delay in the heart process and left him for hours in his cells after he passed out because of a stroke that struck him. |
The prayers will be on the #Shahid_Hurriyah_Abdullah_Al-Hamid in the Al-Qusayia Cemetery in the city of # Buraidah on Friday noon. |
🔴 An invitation to all the free to tweet throughout this day Friday 1 Ramadan 1441 (April 24, 2020) with the # Assassination of Al-Hamid prison sentence, to highlight the crime of deliberate medical negligence that killed Abu Bilal in prison, and to demand accountability for those responsible for his death. pic.twitter.com/XoiN1yviup Prisoners of Conscience (@ m3takl) April 24, 2020 |