On 7 January 2025, human rights defender and former prisoner of conscience, Mohammed al-Qahtani, was conditionally released after spending 12 years in prison for his human rights work. Mohammed al-Qahtani finished serving his unjust 10-year prison sentence in 2022, yet he remained detained until this year. He was forcibly disappeared for two years, from October 2022 to November 2024. Mohammed al-Qahtani is the co-founder of the now disbanded Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA), formerly one of Saudi Arabia’s few independent human rights organizations. Mohammed al-Qahtani is now serving a 10-year travel ban, imposed as part of his sentence, which keeps him separated from his family who are based in the US. Saudi Arabian authorities must immediately lift the travel ban imposed on Mohammed al-Qahtani.
