Saudi Arabia: Help Quash Death Sentence For Juvenile Offender, Abdulkareem al-Hawaj - URGENT ACTION by Oct 21, 2016

Amnesty International

     Abdulkareem al-Hawaj, a Saudi Arabian Shi’a man, has been sentenced to death by the Specialized Criminal Court for offenses that occurred when he was 16 years old. He says he was held incommunicado in solitary confinement for five months and tortured into “confessing.”

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Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:

• Urging the authorities to quash the conviction of Abdulkareem al-Hawaj, and order a retrial in line with international fair trial standards without recourse to the death penalty;
• Calling on them to order an independent investigation into his allegation of torture and other ill-treatment;
• Reminding them that Saudi Arabia is a state party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which strictly prohibits the use of the death penalty for crimes committed by persons below the age of 18;
• Urging them to immediately establish an official moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia. 

Contact these 2 officials by 21 October, 2016

 

King and Prime Minister
Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
The Custodian of the two Holy Mosques
Office of His Majesty the King

Royal Court, Riyadh
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Fax: (via Ministry of Interior)
+966 11 403 3125 (please keep trying)
Twitter: @KingSalman

Salutation: Your Majesty

 

Ambassador Abdullah Al-Saud, Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia
601 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington DC 20037
Fax: 1 202 944 5983  I  Phone: 1 202 342 3800  I  Email:
info@saudiembassy.net

Salutation: Your Excellency

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