`Ulaysha Prison
| Location | Riyadh |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 24°37′51″N 46°41′03″E / 24.63083°N 46.68417°ECoordinates: 24°37′51″N 46°41′03″E / 24.63083°N 46.68417°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Managed by | Mabahith |
| Notable prisoners | |
| Khalil Janahi, 5 Umma Islamic Party founding members, Khaled al-Johani | |
`Ulaysha Prison (also `Ulaisha, Alisha, Olisha, سجن عليشة) is a prison in Riyadh run by the Saudi Arabian secret police agency Mabahith for arbitrary detention. During the 2011 Saudi Arabian protests, "the only brave man in Saudi Arabia", Khaled al-Johani, was held in `Ulaysha Prison and it is suspected that several founding members of the Umma Islamic Party are being held there.
On 17 March 2004, Amnesty International stated that at least five people, mostly academics, had been held incommunicado for two days in `Ulaysha Prison because they had criticised a governmental body, the National Commission for Human Rights, and they had planned to create their own human rights organisation.
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention complained to Saudi Arabian authorities in 2007 about the arbitrary arrest and detention of Faiz bin Abdelmohsen Al Qaid, who had been held in `Ulaysha Prison since 12 October 2005 because he had given information to the Arab Commission for Human Rights and other organisations about human rights in Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabian prisons. The following year, the Working Group complained to Saudi authorities about the arbitrary arrest and detention of Abdel Rahman Samara, a Palestinian, who was held in `Ulaysha Prison for five and a half months before being transferred to al-Ha'ir Prison. The Working Group said that holding Samara "incommunicado, without access to a lawyer and without being brought to justice" constituted a violation of Article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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