380:. During his investigation, al-Sweikat was hung by his hands, beaten with wires and hoses, stubbed with cigarettes, slapped and beaten with shoes, and left with insufficient heating during the winter. He was given a choice between signing a false confession or returning to the investigation; he chose to sign the false confession to avoid further torture. According to al-Sweikat's father, who defended him in court, the case against Mujtaba was intended to "create the illusion of a terror cell", which in reality did not exist. Al-Sweikat's father said that his son participated in the
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243:. It said that the fourteen executees among the "Qatif 24" were all charged with "joining a terror cell" and all denied the charge. Nader al-Sweikat, father of executee Mujtaba al-Sweikat of the "Qatif 24", stated that "only few of the 24 men committed real crimes". Both ESOHR and CNN concluded that the prosecution's cases were mostly based on false confessions.
1172:"After a wink at the dismembering of a journalist, not a whisper from the Trump administration when Saudi Arabia beheads 37 men in one dayโeven crucifying one two days after Easter. Membership in the #B_team โBolton, Bin Salman, Bin Zayed & "Bibi"โ gives immunity for any crime. https://t.co/GgtfOqowGq"
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Mohammed al-Musallam denied his confession during his trial, stating, "Nothing in these confessions is correct and I cannot prove that I was forced to do it. But there are medical reports from the prison hospital of Dammam and I ask your honor to summon them. They show the effects of torture
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stated that Saudi men had been executed that day for the "terrorism related crimes" of "adopting terrorist and extremist thinking and forming terrorist cells to corrupt and destabilize security". Thirty two of those executed belonged to the country's
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condemned the executions, labeling them "a chilling demonstration of the authorities' disregard for human life." Lynn
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obtained access to many of the court records. CNN stated that it had "hundreds of pages of documents from three 2016 trials involving 25" of the executees. CNN described the "Qatif 24 case" as involving charges related to the
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Munir al-Adam, a minor, lost his hearing in one ear as a result of torture. According to ESOHR, he was punished for exercising "fundamental human rights such as freedom of assembly". During the trial, al-Adam said that his
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979:. 22 February 2012.
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