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Human rights organisation urges UN to intervene in Salman Al-Ouda s release
Saudi cleric Salman Al-Ouda, 16 October 2019 [Twitter] January 29, 2021 at 1:32 am
A Swiss human rights organisation has called on the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) to urge Saudi Arabia to release detained preacher Salman Al-Ouda.
The Geneva-based Alkarama organisation demanded that independent doctors visit Al-Ouda to examine him and report on his condition and needs.
According to a tweet posted by Abdullah Al-Ouda, Salman Al-Ouda s son, Alkarama addressed the UN body to: Intervene and urge Saudi authorities to release the prominent scholar Dr Salman Al-Ouda, who was arbitrarily detained, and stop the reprisals against his family.