Mohammed Saleh al-Bejadi
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| Born | 1980/1981 (age 35–36) or 1977/1978 (age 38–39) |
| Nationality | Saudi |
| Known for | co-founding of ACPRA |
| Children | 1 daughter |
Mohammed Saleh al-Bejadi (or Muhammad, Salih,al-Bajadi,albjadi) is a co-founder of the Saudi Arabian human rights organisation Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) who has campaigned for prisoners' rights since 2007. He spent four months in prison without charge or trial in 2007 and was banned from foreign travel in 2009. As of 12 March 2012[update], he has been under arrest since 21 March 2011.
On 11 March 2015 he has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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."
In 2009, al-Bejadi managed a web site "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".
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).
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