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NGOs call for immediate release of Saudi Wikipedian Osama Khalid, whose 14-year sentence was upheld — ALQST
- Key
- alqst-2026-osama-khalid-sentence-upheld
- Authors
- ALQST for Human Rights
- Issued
- 2026-4-13
- Type
- webpage
- Container
- ALQST
Raw CSL JSON
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"title": "NGOs call for immediate release of Saudi Wikipedian Osama Khalid, whose 14-year sentence was upheld",
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"issued": {
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2026,
4,
13
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"accessed": {
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2026,
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25
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Claims
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Osama Khalid was initially sentenced by the Specialised Criminal Court to five years; the sentence was increased on appeal to 32 years, reduced to 25 years in 2023, reduced to 14 years in September 2025, and the 14-year sentence was upheld in February 2026.
"sentenced by Saudi Arabia's Specialised Criminal Court to a five-year jail term, this was increased on appeal to 32 years, before being reduced in 2023 to 25 years and again in September 2025, to 14 years."
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