Khalil Janahi
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Khalil Janahi is a citizen of Bahrain
and Dubai
who was arrested and held in Saudi Arabia
in April 2007.
According to Abdullah Hashim lawyer for the Bahrain's National Justice Movement
, speaking in July 2008, Janahi's extrajudicial detention
, and that of fellow Bahraini Abdurahim Al Murbati,
was of "urgent importance, given their length of time in custody without charge."
Although charges were never laid against Janahi he is reported to have been apprehended on suspicion of an association with al-Qaeda
.
He spent his first four months under arbitrary detention
at `Ulaysha Prison
without access to his family. In September he was moved from the al-Ha'ir prison
to a more lenient facility.
On 27 November 2008 the Gulf Daily News
reported that Janahi had been transferred to a prison in Dubai on 24 November 2008. Janahi was freed on 11 June 2009, without having had access to lawyers, without any charges laid and without a trial, in either Saudi Arabia or Dubai.
On August 2, 2010, Newsblaze reported on an incident where Bahraini police had been recorded beating a Saudi citizen.
Newsblaze
speculated that Saudi officials had not complained about the incident because Saudi Arabia did not want to explain its detention of Janahi, Abdurrahim Al Murbati
, and Abdullah Al Nuaimi.
Bahrain
' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...
and Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
who was arrested and held in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
in April 2007.
According to Abdullah Hashim lawyer for the Bahrain's National Justice Movement
National Justice Movement
The National Justice Movement , also known as the Al Adala Society, is a secular nationalist political party in Bahrain, founded on 5 March 2006 in Muharraq. It is led by former National Democratic Action lawyer, Abdullah Hashem...
, speaking in July 2008, Janahi's extrajudicial detention
Extrajudicial detention
Arbitrary or extrajudicial detention is the detention of individuals by a state, without ever laying formal charges against them.Although it has a long history of legitimate use in wartime , detention without charge, sometimes in secret, has been one of the hallmarks of totalitarian states...
, and that of fellow Bahraini Abdurahim Al Murbati,
was of "urgent importance, given their length of time in custody without charge."
Although charges were never laid against Janahi he is reported to have been apprehended on suspicion of an association with al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
.
He spent his first four months under arbitrary detention
Arbitrary arrest and detention
Arbitrary arrest and arbitrary detention are the arrest or detention of an individual in a case in which there is no likelihood or evidence that they committed a crime against legal statute, or in which there has been no proper due process of law...
at `Ulaysha Prison
`Ulaysha Prison
`Ulaysha Prison is a prison in Riyadh run by the Saudi Arabian secret police agency Mabahith for arbitrary detention...
without access to his family. In September he was moved from the al-Ha'ir prison
Al-Ha'ir Prison
Al-Ha'ir Prison is a Saudi Arabian maximum-security prison facility located approximately 25 miles south of Riyadh...
to a more lenient facility.
On 27 November 2008 the Gulf Daily News
Gulf Daily News
The Gulf Daily News is an English-language newspaper published in the Kingdom of Bahrain by Al Hilal Group. It is distributed locally in Bahrain. It is owned by the Al Hilal Group, which publishes 13 other newspapers and magazines, including the local Arabic newspaper Akhbar Al Khaleej. The paper,...
reported that Janahi had been transferred to a prison in Dubai on 24 November 2008. Janahi was freed on 11 June 2009, without having had access to lawyers, without any charges laid and without a trial, in either Saudi Arabia or Dubai.
On August 2, 2010, Newsblaze reported on an incident where Bahraini police had been recorded beating a Saudi citizen.
Newsblaze
speculated that Saudi officials had not complained about the incident because Saudi Arabia did not want to explain its detention of Janahi, Abdurrahim Al Murbati
Abdurrahim Al Murbati
Abdurrahim Al Murbati is a citizen of Bahrain who has been held in extrajudicial detentionin Saudi Arabia since June 2003.The Gulf Daily News reported on July 7, 2008 that Al Murbati had been held inHaer prison south of the Saudi capital Riyadh....
, and Abdullah Al Nuaimi.