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Princess was released after nearly 3 years detained without charge in Saudi Arabia
The two women who had been detained since March 2019
The independent Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), ALQST for Human Rights (Al-qist means justice in Arabic) charged with defending the human rights of Saudi Arabia, reported that Saudi authorities released the daughter of King Saud (1953-1964). Princess Basma bint Saud al Saud, and her granddaughter Suhud al Sharif, after three years of detention without charge.
A review made by human rights defenders indicated that during the time of detention Basma was denied the care of health specialists, to treat a critical illness that he did not determine.
Furthermore, during those years in detention, no charges were brought against them.
The organization noted that the authorities intentionally threw out the life of the mother and her daughter. They indicated that, after being captured, Basma bint Saud was absent for a month during which she was not allowed to communicate with her relatives.
Equality of women
Basma, born in 1964, was the youngest of King Saud's 100 children. That same year, the king was removed from his throne, and five years later he died in exile, in Greece.
Before her capture, Princess Basma participated in some social establishments and human rights organizations. She always spoke transparently about women's equality in the traditionalist Saudi kingdom.
On the facts
His capture was made on March 1, 2019. The Saudi Human Rights Council indicated that that day he left his home in Jeddah, western Saudi Arabia, under the reason that Mohammed receptacle Salman, who was the crown prince and strongman of the nation, he needed to meet her.
That day she was taken directly to a prison in Riyadh with her daughter Suhud, for arrest.
Several members of the royal family have survived arrests and disappearances in Saudi Arabia, as has Basma. This is the same case for journalists, activists, bloggers, legal advisers, professors, academics, and conventional residents, just for practicing their right to freedom of expression.
