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🇸🇦 Raif Badawi is also affected by the travel bans 🚫🛫 the government of Saudi Arabia imposed on activists. The blogger last saw his children ten years ago. In this video, they talk about how they miss their father. Heartbreaking. 👇
💡 Travel bans in Saudi Arabia
Travel bans are official orders – usually issued by a court or police order – that prevent a particular citizen or group of citizens from entering or leaving the country, the official purpose being that they are used when necessary, in cases that involve financial crimes, custody, or criminal investigations.
Since Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman (MBS) ascended to power in 2015, Saudi Arabia has seen a widescale crackdown on freedom of expression, targeting the human rights community as well as a wide range of individuals who have expressed any form of dissent or criticism of the government. As of mid-2021, nearly all human rights defenders, women’s rights activists, independent journalists, writers and activists in the country had been arbitrarily detained, put through prolonged and unfair trials – most often by the Specialized Criminal Court(SCC) – or released but under conditions that include travel bans and other arbitrary restrictions to their fundamental rights, such as to conduct peaceful activism.