Additional Name(s): أنس المزروع

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Saudi Arabia

Ethnic Group: Arab

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: March/28/2019

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Freedom Advocacy Resisting State-Imposed Religious Systems Women’s Rights

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Anas al-Mazrou

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Anas al-Mazrou is detained for his criticism of state imposed religious systems. 

On March 28, 2019, authorities arrested al-Mazrou, a university lecturer, during a human rights panel at the Riyadh Book Fair for speaking out against the government's interpretation of the religiously grounded guardianship system and the mass detainment of women's rights activists. 

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