Anas al-Mazrou

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

Extra Bio Info:

Anas al-Mazrou is detained for his religious freedom advocacy.

In March 2019, authorities arrested al-Mazrou, a university lecturer, for participating in a human rights panel at the Riyadh Book Fair. During the panel, al-Mazrou criticized the government's interpretation of Islam, its religiously grounded guardianship system, and the mass detainment of women's rights activists.

Publicly Available Information:

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"Anas al-Mazrou" ALQST
معتقلي الرأي, Tweet, October 7, 2021
"Saudis Escalate Crackdown on Dissent, Arresting Nine and Risking U.S. Ire" The New York Times
"Saudi Arabia: New wave of arrests and travel bans latest assault on freedom of expression" Amnesty International