Malik al-Dowaish
Additional Name(s): Malek al-Dowaish
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Saudi Arabia
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni
Date of Detainment: July//2022
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Malik al-Dowaish
Extra Bio Info:
Malik al-Dowaish is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In July 2022, Saudi authorities arrested Malik al-Dowaish for peacefully advocating for his father, Sulaiman al-Dowaish, a religious scholar who was forcibly disappeared in 2016.
In summer 2023, Saudi judicial authorities sentenced al-Dowaish to 27 years' imprisonment. In early 2025, his sentence was reduced to 15 years' imprisonment.