Saudi Arabia: Committee Backs Legalizing Infinite Detention · Global Voices
Anas Soliman

The Committee of Islamic and Judicial Affairs in the appointed Saudi Consultative Assembly supported suggestions to relax the requirements for execution and to give courts the right to approve infinite detention.
The current law mandates unanimity in the national Judicial Council for death sentences, but the suggested amendment would allow death sentences to pass by a majority of opinions.
Al Riyadh newspaper reported:
The committee said that the reason for them to support the amendment is that:
Moreover, the committee supported an amendment to give courts the right to extend detention periods for uncharged prisoners infinitely.
Saudi reformist and previous political prisoner Moubark al-Zuair commented:
Member of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association Abdullah al-Sa'id said that this was an attempt to pass the Anti-Terrorism Law, referring to the infamous drafted law which was leaked by Amnesty International in July 2011.
Saudi Twitter user, Jihad, commented: