A prominent Saudi opponent has said that the Saudi government’s lack of transparency about the bodies of victims in prisons is a frightening scenario.
Prominent Saudi opposition leader Madawi al-Rasheed said the Saudi regime‘s secrecy over the bodies of dozens of executed victims was a horrific scenario.
Madawi Al-Rasheed further emphasized: There are indications of torture on the bodies of these victims or that they have disappeared. We should not forget where the body of Jamal Khashgeji, a critical Saudi journalist, is now.
Noting that Khashgeji’s family does not know how the Al-Saud regime mutilated his body, he noted that so far the Saudi government has not returned the bodies of the victims to their families and their families still do not know where they are buried. Funeral services are denied according to their beliefs.
Al-Rasheed clarified: There are international laws on the exchange of bodies, which condemn the crimes of the Saudi regime.
She further added: We have a country like the octopus that tortures people in prisons and commits crimes against humanity and then hides bodies.
According to many sources and documents, 83 bodies, along with an unknown number of people of other nationalities, belong to Saudi victims. Among the detainees are seven minors who were executed by Saudi Arabia and a minor killed illegally.
The lack of awareness of the victims’ families about the fate of the bodies or burial sites and the government’s refusal to hand them over, and the lack of confidence in the burial ceremonies in accordance with the religious rites, further tortures the families and increases their suffering.
The Saudi government’s refusal to hand over the victims’ bodies and fail to provide information on their fate violates international law.