Mohammed Saleh al-Bejadi

2007–2008 In 2007, al-Bejadi contacted international media about a sit-in held in front of a provincial governmental authority and calling for the release of prisoners. He was "detained in solitary confinement without charge or trial" from 4 September 2007 to 1 January 2008. He was released "on the condition that he would not organise any fora or gatherings, nor contact any foreign press." 2009 In 2009, al-Bejadi managed a website "Monitor of Human Rights in Saudi Arabia – al-Marsad". In March 2009, he was interrogated by the external security agency, Al Mukhabarat Al A'amah, his passport was confiscated, and he was forbidden from international travel until July 2009 or later. In July, the World Organisation Against Torture and the International Federation for Human Rights protested against the travel ban, saying that it was aimed at "muzzling his freedom of expression". ACPRA In 2009, al-Bejadi and 10 other Saudi human rights activists and academics co-founded a human rights non-governmental organisation, the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA). ==2011–2015 detention==

On 21 March 2011, during the 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests, al-Bejadi was arrested along with several other people following a protest calling for the release of political prisoners that had taken place on 20 March. Al-Bejadi was held for four months in solitary confinement and allowed a few minutes each week to telephone to his wife. He was shifted to a by cell with 9 other prisoners and "bright lighting all day and night". He was denied access to a doctor for 7 months. The Ministry of Interior denied the report, saying that al-Bejadi was "in good health". On 10 April 2012, al-Bejadi was sentenced to four years' imprisonment and a five-year ban on foreign travel. He was released in 2015. ==2016–present==

Following his 2015 release, al-Bejadi stopped public aspects of his human rights advocacy. On 26 October 2016, he wrote a "final tweet", stating, "I will stop writing and participating on all social media accounts for reasons that are not unknown to all of you." On 24 May 2018, during the 2018–2019 Saudi crackdown on feminists, al-Bejadi was again arrested. == See also ==