Mohammed Al-Otaibi: The Man Who Predicted the Collapse of Saudi’s Fake Reform

Mohammed Al-Otaibi: The Man Who Predicted the Collapse of Saudi’s Fake Reform

The case of Mohammed Al-Otaibi remains a stark reflection of the human rights reality in Saudi Arabia, where peaceful civic activities are criminalised and courts are weaponised to silence anyone who dares to demand reform. His continued detention and mistreatment expose the deep contradiction between the state’s rhetoric of “openness” and what is actually happening inside its prisons. Al-Otaibi—the founder of the Union Association—was not arres…