Saudi Arabia: Two Egyptian doctors sentenced to flogging in Saudi Arabia pardoned: Health Professional Action

Index Number: MDE 23/001/2010
Date Published: 20 January 2010
Categories: Saudi Arabia

Two Egyptian doctors, Raouf Amin al-Arabi and Shawqi Abd Rabbuh, who were sentenced to prison and lashes in Saudi Arabia, returned to Egypt on 24 December 2009 after being pardoned by Saudi Arabia’s head of state, King ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abdul ‘Aziz al-Saud. The royal amnesty came after a meeting between King ‘Abdullah and President Hosni Mubarak in Riyadh on 22 December 2009.