The Saudi authorities deprives Al-Marisi from attending his son’s funeral
In a precedent that reflects the injustice of the Al Saud regime, the Yemeni journalist detained in the prisons of the regime, Marwan Al-Marisi, was deprived of attending the burial of his deceased child.
The Prisoners of Conscience group, which monitors the conditions of prisoners of conscience in the Kingdom, said that the authorities of the Al Saud prevented Al-Marisi from temporarily leaving, to attend the funeral of his son, who died on Wednesday.
On Thursday, an account with the name Tahani, on which the owner claimed to be a member of the Al-Marisi family tweeted: “More than a year and a half has passed since the arrest of my dear brother #Marwan_ Al-Mureisi, and today we lost his son Sanad and he is far from him”.
On June 2, 2016, Marwan Al-Marisi tweeted explaining his son’s health, saying: “Your prayers for our child to recover. We just inserted it into the EEG room.”
The authorities of Al-Saud arrested Al-Mursi on June 1, 2018, and concealed his fate before Reporters Without Borders announced in late May last year that his wife had received a phone call that lasted for a few minutes, only to learn for the first time that he was still alive.
Since his arrest, there have been no official Saudi or human rights reports about the location of al-Marisi, or the reason for his imprisonment.
The work of the Yemeni media, Marwan Al-Mursi, was not related to any political activity, as he remained confined in his activity through his verified account on Twitter to religious advocacy, e-marketing, and human development concerns.
The adviser to the Yemeni Minister of Information, Mukhtar Al-Rahbi, demanded that Saudi officials release Al-Marisi or “bring him to trial if it is proven that he committed any crime.”
Al-Rahbi tweeted in the first Yemeni government statement about Al-Mursi: “His family did not know where he was or what his charge was for two years. I contacted a number of authorities in the Kingdom to interfere in the matter and no response has yet been received.”
Yemeni and Arab journalists and activists expressed their solidarity with Al-Marisi, calling on the Saudi authorities to release him, by tagging #MarwanAl-Mureisi.
The arrests campaign launched by the Al Saud authorities is not limited to Saudi citizens and opponents but has resulted in the arrest of dozens of Arab citizens and their imprisonment in the Kingdom’s prisons.
Jordanian official authorities accused the Al Saud authorities of arresting more than 60 Jordanian citizens, including pilgrims, without trial or charges.
The detention of dozens of Palestinians, including leaders of the Islamic Resistance Movement “Hamas”, was monitored in Al Saud prisons, as well as hundreds of Yemenis, and other Arab nationalities, arbitrarily and without legal basis.
