Saudi Arabia: Cleric Released

Index AI : MDE 23/022/2009
Date de publication : 3 juillet 2009
Catégorie(s) : Arabie saoudite

'Abdullah Saleh al-Muhanna, who had been detained for over a month for holding Friday prayers for members of the Shi’a community at his home in al-Khober in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, was released without charge on 30 June. According to sources in Saudi Arabia, he was released after he signed an undertaking not to hold prayers at his home.