Abdulwahid AlAbduljabbar
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Abdulwahid Ahmad Hassan AlAbduljabbar was a Saudi political activist. Born in 1935 in Qatif
, died June 15, 1970 of torture in the garden of the prison in Jeddah
by Saudi authorities. He was arrested on June 4, 1970 with Abdulwahid Faraj AlOmran, both were murdered on the night of June 15, 1970 and both were buried in a ditch the prison's garden. The charge against him by the Saudi-Pakistani colonel was of if there was any relations to, and whether the failed coup was a front for George Habash
, Nayef Hawatmeh
, Mohsen Ibrahim, Nasser AlSaeed and the Union of the People of the Arabian Peninsula, all Socialist personalities and organizations. The annual report of the International Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula in 1989 mentioned him getting arrested and after 11 days of torture he died of severe hemorrhage leaving behind a wife and one son named Khalid. [1 ]
Qatif
Qatif or Al-Qatif is a governorate and urban area located in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. It extends from Ras Tanura and Jubail in the north to Dammam in the south, and from the Persian Gulf in the east to King Fahd International Airport in the west...
, died June 15, 1970 of torture in the garden of the prison in Jeddah
Jeddah
Jeddah, Jiddah, Jidda, or Jedda is a city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh. The...
by Saudi authorities. He was arrested on June 4, 1970 with Abdulwahid Faraj AlOmran, both were murdered on the night of June 15, 1970 and both were buried in a ditch the prison's garden. The charge against him by the Saudi-Pakistani colonel was of if there was any relations to, and whether the failed coup was a front for George Habash
George Habash
George Habash also known by his laqab "al-Hakim" was a Palestinian nationalist. Habash, a Palestinian Christian, founded the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which pioneered the hijacking of airplanes as a Middle East militant tactic...
, Nayef Hawatmeh
Nayef Hawatmeh
Nayef Hawatmeh , Jordanian-Palestinian Christian politician. His name can be transliterated from the Arabic in many ways; variants include Naif Hawatma, Niaf Hawathme, etc....
, Mohsen Ibrahim, Nasser AlSaeed and the Union of the People of the Arabian Peninsula, all Socialist personalities and organizations. The annual report of the International Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula in 1989 mentioned him getting arrested and after 11 days of torture he died of severe hemorrhage leaving behind a wife and one son named Khalid. [1 ]
Sources
- http://www.alhijazonline.com/hijaz/voice/12/21-12.htm (Arabic website)
- http://www.rasid.com/artc.php?id=23398 (Arabic article)
- http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/محسن_إبراهيم (Mohsin Ibrahim Arabic Language Wikipedia)
- http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/ناصر_السعيد (Nasser AlSaeed Arabic Language Wikipedia)
See also
- Freedom of religion in Saudi Arabia