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Arbitrary Detention and Unfair Trials in the Deficient Criminal Justice System of Saudi Arabia
This 144-page report documents the arbitrary arrest and detention of individuals for vaguely defined crimes or behavior that is not inherently criminal. Once arrested, suspects often face prolonged solitary confinement, ill-treatment, forced confessions, and are denied a lawyer at crucial stages of interrogation and trial.
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ISBN: E2003
ISBN: E2003
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Table of Contents
- Precarious Justice
- Prologue
- Summary
- Methodology
- Part 1: Saudi Law
- I. Sharia and Statutory Law
- II. Legislative Developments and the Law of Criminal Procedure
- III. Codification of Criminal Laws
- IV. Absence of Rules of Precedent
- V. Other Legal Gaps
- Part 2: Systemic Problems in Saudi Criminal Justice
- VI. Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- VII. Due Process and Fair Trial Violations
- VIII. Torture, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
- Part 3: National Security Suspects
- XI. Detention of National Security Suspects
- Part 4: Organization of the Saudi Judiciary
- X. Recent Developments in the Court System
- XI. Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution
- XII. Board of Grievances
- Recommendations
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix: Human Rights Watch Discussions with Officials of the Government of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, March 8-15, 2008