{"id":849,"date":"2023-09-11T17:30:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=849"},"modified":"2023-09-11T17:30:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:30:04","slug":"six-years-on-the-echoes-of-saudi-arabias-september-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2023\/09\/11\/six-years-on-the-echoes-of-saudi-arabias-september-arrests\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Years On: The Echoes of Saudi Arabia&#8217;s September Arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-col items-start\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center text-xs rounded p-3 text-gray-900 bg-gray-100\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>It&#8217;s been six years since Saudi Arabia&#8217;s sweeping arrests in September, which saw prominent scholars, thinkers, activists, and academics incarcerated. Their voices have been silenced, but online campaigns and human rights advocates persistently remind the world of their plight.<\/p>\n<p>Among the detainees are notable figures such as Ali Al-Omari, Awad Al-Qarni, Salman Al-Ouda, Abdulaziz Al-Fawzan, Saleh Al-Taleb, and Safar Al-Hawali. Their continued detention has spurred numerous online campaigns, with hashtags marking the six-year anniversary of their arrest.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-850\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Al-Shalhoub-tweet-marking-arrests-September-6-years.jpeg\" alt=\"Al-Shalhoub tweet marking arrests September 6 years\" width=\"696\" height=\"786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Al-Shalhoub-tweet-marking-arrests-September-6-years.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Al-Shalhoub-tweet-marking-arrests-September-6-years-266x300.jpeg 266w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Al-Shalhoub tweet marking arrests September 6 years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Turki Al-Shalhoub, a prominent Twitter user, commented on the situation, &#8220;Eminent scholars, seasoned with age, knowledge, and experience, alongside thinkers and writers, have been imprisoned, tortured, electrocuted, and deprived of sleep.&#8221; He further emphasized the extent of their suffering, noting that some have lost their hearing or sight, while others have developed severe illnesses, all in the quest for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to consolidate power.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-852\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-852\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Awad-bin-Nasser-al-Qarnis-tweet-on-the-anniversary.jpeg\" alt=\"Awad bin Nasser al-Qarni's tweet on the anniversary\" width=\"696\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Awad-bin-Nasser-al-Qarnis-tweet-on-the-anniversary.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Awad-bin-Nasser-al-Qarnis-tweet-on-the-anniversary-270x300.jpeg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Awad bin Nasser al-Qarni&#8217;s tweet on the anniversary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another tweet from the account &#8220;Towards Freedom&#8221; pointed out the stark contrast between the treatment of these detainees and other religious figures who have aligned themselves with the government&#8217;s agenda. The tweet read, &#8220;Trust me, if the September detainees, the free scholars, and preachers, had agreed to become expatriates like Al-Maghamsi, Al-Fawzan, and Aaid Al-Qarni, they would be free today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Saudi authorities remain tight-lipped about the fate of these detainees, with mainstream media largely ignoring their plight due to shifting political agendas. Their only beacon of hope remains the sporadic online campaigns and a handful of human rights organizations that occasionally release statements on their behalf.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>You might like:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong><a class=\"LinkSuggestion__Link-sc-1gewdgc-4 cLBplk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2023\/09\/02\/uaes-scheme-to-target-qatar-and-turkey-abroad-and-fund-extremism-against-muslim-communities-in-europe-revealed-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UAE&#8217;s Scheme to Target Qatar and Turkey Abroad and Fund Extremism Against Muslim Communities in Europe &#8211; Revealed Documents<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong><a class=\"LinkSuggestion__Link-sc-1gewdgc-4 cLBplk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2023\/09\/08\/nirit-ofer-delivers-behind-the-scenes-of-the-first-public-israeli-lecture-in-saudi-arabia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nirit Ofer Delivers: Behind the Scenes of the First Public Israeli Lecture in Saudi Arabia<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been six years since Saudi Arabia&#8217;s sweeping arrests in September, which saw prominent scholars, thinkers, activists, and academics incarcerated. Their voices have been silenced, but online campaigns and human rights advocates persistently remind the world of their plight. Among the detainees are notable figures such as Ali Al-Omari, Awad Al-Qarni, Salman Al-Ouda, Abdulaziz Al-Fawzan, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[131,222,71,223],"class_list":["post-849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports","tag-human-rights","tag-salman-al-ouda","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-saudi-authorities"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Six Years On: The Echoes of Saudi Arabia&#039;s September Arrests - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A retrospective look at the prolonged detention of notable scholars and activists in Saudi Arabia, marking the sixth anniversary of the September arrests.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2023\/09\/11\/six-years-on-the-echoes-of-saudi-arabias-september-arrests\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Six Years On: The Echoes of Saudi Arabia&#039;s September Arrests\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A retrospective look at the prolonged detention of notable scholars and activists in Saudi Arabia, marking the sixth anniversary of the September arrests.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2023\/09\/11\/six-years-on-the-echoes-of-saudi-arabias-september-arrests\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Watan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watanserbusa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/923270471088402\/user\/100074635500826\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-11T17:30:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Advocates-and-scholars-among-the-most-prominent-opinion-detainees-in-Saudi-Arabia.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"651\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Salim Hanafi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SKkhatib1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@watanserb_news\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Salim Hanafi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/11\\\/six-years-on-the-echoes-of-saudi-arabias-september-arrests\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/11\\\/six-years-on-the-echoes-of-saudi-arabias-september-arrests\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Salim Hanafi\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8a7cc360946c1ad763b476206c17e4e\"},\"headline\":\"Six Years On: The Echoes of Saudi Arabia&#8217;s September Arrests\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-11T17:30:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/11\\\/six-years-on-the-echoes-of-saudi-arabias-september-arrests\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":333,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/11\\\/six-years-on-the-echoes-of-saudi-arabias-september-arrests\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/Advocates-and-scholars-among-the-most-prominent-opinion-detainees-in-Saudi-Arabia.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Human Rights\",\"Salman Al-Ouda\",\"Saudi Arabia\",\"Saudi authorities\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Reports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/11\\\/six-years-on-the-echoes-of-saudi-arabias-september-arrests\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/11\\\/six-years-on-the-echoes-of-saudi-arabias-september-arrests\\\/\",\"name\":\"Six Years On: The Echoes of Saudi Arabia's September Arrests - 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