JEDDAH: The Special Criminal Court has issued a preliminary ruling on a Saudi citizen and sentenced him to eight years in prison for disregarding the rulers and scholars of the Kingdom.
The court held him guilty of opposing senior scholars for their faith and honesty, challenging the impartiality and integrity of the Saudi judiciary and accusing the government bodies of violating human rights without any evidence.
He was charged with inciting public, through the Internet, against the rulers, terming them as “oppressors” and calling for demonstrations.
He was also charged with refusing to obey a court ruling on dissolving the banned society called “hasm” and his insistence on continuing work with that society.
The court also banned him from traveling abroad and using social media for eight years after his prison term ends.
In another ruling, a court in Riyadh has found two Saudis guilty of links with Daesh and Al-Qaeda, and sentenced them to nine years and 12 years of imprisonment.
One of the convicts was sentenced to nine years in jail for traveling to Syria to join Daesh and participate in the ongoing war there and providing money to a person for travel to that country. The other charges he faced included confining youths in a camp to brainwash them into joining Daesh and spreading material harmful to public order through WhatsApp.
The other convict was sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment for supporting Daesh and Al-Qaeda and trying to join them and urging others to participate with them. He also provided financial support to the first accused to travel to Syria to join Daesh and handing over money, preparing inciting material and sharing them with a number of suspects through Telegram as well as giving them the “good news” of the death of King Abdullah.
The court held him guilty of opposing senior scholars for their faith and honesty, challenging the impartiality and integrity of the Saudi judiciary and accusing the government bodies of violating human rights without any evidence.
He was charged with inciting public, through the Internet, against the rulers, terming them as “oppressors” and calling for demonstrations.
He was also charged with refusing to obey a court ruling on dissolving the banned society called “hasm” and his insistence on continuing work with that society.
The court also banned him from traveling abroad and using social media for eight years after his prison term ends.
In another ruling, a court in Riyadh has found two Saudis guilty of links with Daesh and Al-Qaeda, and sentenced them to nine years and 12 years of imprisonment.
One of the convicts was sentenced to nine years in jail for traveling to Syria to join Daesh and participate in the ongoing war there and providing money to a person for travel to that country. The other charges he faced included confining youths in a camp to brainwash them into joining Daesh and spreading material harmful to public order through WhatsApp.
The other convict was sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment for supporting Daesh and Al-Qaeda and trying to join them and urging others to participate with them. He also provided financial support to the first accused to travel to Syria to join Daesh and handing over money, preparing inciting material and sharing them with a number of suspects through Telegram as well as giving them the “good news” of the death of King Abdullah.
