Dawoud al-Marhoon

Dawoud Al Marhoon is a Saudi Arabian who as a teenager participated in the Saudi Arabian protests during the Arab Spring. He was arrested on May 22, 2012, sentenced to death in September 2015, and as of 23 September 2015, awaited ratification of his sentence by King Abdullah (and then King Salman of Saudi Arabia), to be carried out by beheading and crucifixion (in that order). Executions are usually carried out by public beheading, although prisoners have been shot by firing squad.[1]

Dawoud Al Marhoon
BornFebruary 1995 (1995-02) (age 27)
Al Awamiya, Saudi Arabia
NationalitySaudi
Known for2011–12 Saudi Arabian protests, death penalty

Early life

Dawoud Al Marhoon was born in Al Awamiya, Saudi Arabia. He attended Alttarfih Al-ssahil high school. He has a mother and a younger sister; his father died when he was young. As a teenager, Dawood was sociable and popular. He loved playing football and computer games. He excelled in his studies, and dreamed of pursuing his love for technology and computers by studying a degree in engineering.[2]

Arab Spring activities

Al Marhoon participated in the 2011–12 Saudi Arabian protests during the Arab Spring. Originally, in March 2012, he was questioned by Saudi police and asked to be an informant and report details about his fellow protesters. After he refused, Saudi security forces arrested him from the Dammam Central Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment for an eye injury sustained in a traffic accident. Saudi forces surrounded the hospital and arrested him as he prepared for surgery.[2]

During his arrest, al-Marhoon was allegedly forced to sign a confession, which was later relied upon to convict him. According to Reprieve, he was arrested without a warrant and tortured.

Legal conditions of Dawoud Al Marhoon's case included refusal by authorities of regular access to his lawyer.

In 2020, after the death penalty for crimes committed by minors was revoked by royal decree,[3] the public prosecutor ordered a review of Marhoon's death penalty because he was a minor when convicted [4] and in 2021 the Saudi Arabian Specialized Criminal Court commuted his death sentence to 10 years in prison.[5] [6]

See also

References
  1. "Saudi executioner tells all". 5 June 2003.
  2. "Case Study: Dawoud Al Marhoon". Reprieve.
  3. "Saudi Arabia to end execution for crimes committed by minors". Middle East Monitor. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. "Saudi public prosecutor orders review of death penalties for three minors". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  5. "Saudi Arabia: Withdrawal of death sentences for three Shi'a activists arrested as teenagers a welcome move". Amnesty International. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  6. "Saudi Arabia commutes death sentences to 10 years imprisonment". Middle East Monitor. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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