Human rights defender Mr Munir Baqir Ebrahim Al-Jassas, (aged 30), remains in detention at the Intelligence Service Headquarters in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia, and as yet has not been informed about whether he has been officially charged or convicted for committing an offence.
Further Information
To date, Munir Al-Jassas has not been informed about any official charges, however, on 28 August 2010, he was asked to sign a “confession”, which was a collection of statements he had made while being interrogated.
On 1 September 2010, he was taken to the lower court in Dammam were he was asked to read the same “confession” and sign it before a religious judge. In the written “confession” Munir Al-Jassas reportedly stated that:
1. I wrote on internet forums using my real name and I am a general instructor for “Tahera” Forums;
2. I wrote a comment on the article, To his Highness the Minister on Al-Awamia website.
3. I noticed an article written by my sister, commented on it, and did not remove it;
4. I read articles by Nemr Baqr Al-Nemr (Shi'a cleric) and commented on some of them;
5. I wrote a comment on an article related to the Emir (the Prince);
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