Riyadh: A human rights group said on Saturday that the Saudi authorities have released a princess and her daughter who had been held without charge for nearly three years in the capital.
BREAKING: Basma bint Saud Al Saud and her daughter Suhoud, detained since March 2019, have been released. pic.twitter.com/tTsh6kPgzE
— ALQST for Human Rights (@ALQST_En) January 8, 2022
‘Basma bint Saud Al Saud and her daughter Suhoud, detained since March 2019, have been released’, the ALQST for Human Rights tweeted. Basma bint Saud, 57, a royal family member long seen as a proponent of women’s rights and a constitutional monarchy, implored King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in April 2020, to release her on health grounds.
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Princess Basmah was arrested shortly before a planned trip to Switzerland for medical treatment. The nature of her illness has never been disclosed. She was denied the medical care she needed for a potentially life threatening condition’, the rights group added. ‘At no point during her detention has any charge been levelled against her’. Princess Basmah was kept in Al-Ha’ir prison, where numerous other political detainees have been held.
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