Mabahith

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The Mabahith al-Amma ( Arabic المباحث العامة, DMG al-Mabāḥiṯ al-ʿĀmma ) is the domestic intelligence service in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and deals with internal security and counter-espionage . The authority is subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior . Details of the budget, employees and structure are not public. The Mabahith works closely with the Special Criminal Court .

She has been repeatedly linked to arbitrary and illegal arrests by human rights activists and organizations. Some of the prisoners are held without any contact with the outside world and without legal assistance. The Mabahith operates separately from the regular police , but is authorized to issue instructions to them in case of doubt.

It maintains the Ulaysha prison in Riyadh and the al-Ha'ir prison 25 kilometers outside of Riyadh. Only terrorists , especially members of al-Qaeda , are officially held there . According to human rights activists, however, opponents of the regime, demonstrators and, in some cases, journalists are being held there, often without charge. According to media reports, the agency is said to have detained more than 9,000 people indefinitely between the start of the anti-terror program in 2003 and 2009. The allegations continue to be: re-education measures for terrorists, inadequate judicial procedures, in particular opaque and secret procedures before the Special Criminal Court.

In Saudi Arabia, detention is limited by law to six months before a trial begins. Some families have sued the Saudi Administrative Court against their loved ones being detained. However, media reports indicate that the Ministry of the Interior, which reports to Mabahith's secret service, has ignored the court rulings that ordered prisoners to be released after the legally permitted term of detention has expired. The Mabahith acted as if he were above the law; The criticism goes on to say that the powers of the Mabahith far exceeded those of the regular police force and included, in part, the ignoring of court judgments that explicitly concern the illegality of the agency's actions and the release of prisoners.

In February 2013, women protested against the Mahabith in Buraida . They demanded the release of their husbands, some of whom had been detained without charge for years, in the prisons of the Mabahith. Most of the detainees are “ jihadists (Islamic fighters)”. The Minister of the Interior accuses them of actions against the government.

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  1. ↑ arabnews.com:Mabahith prison focuses on family reunification
  2. ↑ islamdaily.com:Saudi Arabia: Two Leading Reformers Arrested ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.islamdaily.org
  3. ↑ Amnesty International: ADHESION WITHOUT CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD
  4. ↑ webc.org:Prisoners ( Memento from August 31, 2012 on WebCite )
  5. ^ Human Rights and Saudi Arabia's Counterterrorism Response . Human Rights Watch. August 10, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  6. ↑ hrw.org:Saudi-Arabia: Counter-terrorism measures violate fundamental rights
  7. ↑ blick.ch : Women's demonstration in the Saudi city of Buraida