Al-Ouda spends 300 days in Saudi prison without charge

Saudi authorities have detained prominent scholar Salman Al-Ouda for 300 days in the Dhahban political prison in Jeddah without charge.

“More than 300 days have passed with my father, Sheikh Salman Al-Ouda behind bars during which he was subjected to solitary confinement, harassment, sleep deprivation for long days and very bad treatment,” Abdullah Al-Ouda, Sheikh Salman’s son, wrote on Twitter.

Al-Ouda was arrested while in his Buraidah home in September and was transferred to prison in the city of Jeddah. No official charges have been brought against him since his detention.

Sheikh Al-Awda was taken to hospital about three months after his arrest for examination after his health condition deteriorated, according to his Abdullah who lives in the United States.

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