Rights group urges Saudi Arabia frees preacher Salman al-Awda

Rights group urges Saudi Arabia frees preacher Salman al-Awda

Rights group Amnesty International has urgently appealed for Saudi Arabia's minister of justice to free the preacher Sheikh Salman al-Awda, who has been behind bars for almost seven years. In a statement, the organisation added that al-Awda, 68, has spent many years in solitary confinement, which has caused his health to deteriorate. It noted that both his sight and his hearing have been reduced by half. According to the rights group, al-Awda wa…

According to Amnesty International, Salman al-Awda has spent years in solitary confinement, which has caused his health to deteriorate. The Saudi government...