The Riyadh Felony Court docket on Tuesday issued a preliminary ruling dismissing a lawsuit filed by a Saudi feminine citizen claiming she was subjected to torture and harassment whereas in detention, in line with a report by Asharq al-Awsat.
The Asharq al-Awsat report, which didn’t title the feminine detainee however recognized her as a “prisoner at the moment in detention on safety expenses,” stated the dismissal got here after the general public prosecution’s investigation decided that there is no such thing as a proof to substantiate the allegation.
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Judicial authorities reviewed the weekly medical examination reviews along with medical reviews performed upon her request, the testimonies of various officers within the Human Rights Fee and various officers within the jail, along with the testimonies of various detainees along with her within the jail in the course of the interval of her detention.
Through the session, which Asharq al-Awsat stated it had attended, the decide confirmed that it was not confirmed within the courtroom that the detainee was subjected to torture or ill-treatment in the course of the interval of her arrest and through her starvation strike.
The decide has given the plaintiff 30 days to current her objection to the preliminary ruling earlier than submitting it to the Court docket of Attraction.
“The plaintiff was given the possibility to assessment all paperwork and problem them in earlier courtroom periods, and he or she was given the chance to current proof of any form to substantiate her claims throughout a number of events, however she didn’t submit it,” learn Asharq al-Awsat’s report.
“The case was opened upon her request, and subsequently the plaintiff’s delay in responding, led to the prolonging of the case. The courtroom’s work was hampered, on condition that the courtroom examines various instances, and that the accused all obtain equal remedy,” Asharq al-Awsat quoted the decide as saying in the course of the courtroom session.
After finishing the investigations, the Public Prosecution offered to the courtroom that the plaintiff’s allegations got here with out proof, in line with Asharq al-Awsat’s report.
“Quite, in the course of the investigation of her case, she didn’t accuse sure individuals or present their descriptions to assist with figuring out them after claiming that she was blindfolded. As well as, she did not show she was transferred from Thahban jail (in western Saudi Arabia) to a secret location, or that she was subjected to torture and harassment. Additional, the testimony of various officers and specialists within the jail, and the testimonies of various detainees along with her within the jail in the course of the interval of her detention show that she was not transferred exterior the jail at any time throughout her detention nor was she topic to torture or ill-treatment,” Asharq al-Awsat’s report learn.
The Public Prosecution additionally confirmed to Asharq al-Awsat that video recording and surveillance cameras didn’t present the plaintiff being subjected to torture and being disadvantaged of sleep throughout her starvation strike in al-Ha’ir jail in Riyadh.
“Quite, she was handled in accordance with accredited well being protocols, below fixed medical supervision to watch her well being case in the course of the interval of her starvation strike to make sure her security and forestall potential problems that endanger her well being because of her strike,” Asharq al-Awsat’s reported, citing the courtroom.
Asharq al-Awsat’s report additionally stated that the accused is at the moment going through one other separate security-related case “that has not but been determined.”
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Final Replace: Wednesday, 23 December 2020 KSA 03:44 – GMT 00:44
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