Haydée Dijkstal

The APPG sent a letter to the Foreign Secretary @DavidLammy @FCDOGovUK concerning British Citizen Ahmed al-Doush arbitrarily detained in Saudi Arabia. @BrendanOHaraMP @Tim_Roca @HelenaKennedyKC

The Strategic Litigation Project is honored to welcome Ambassador @BethVanSchaack, who served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice from March 2022 to January 2025, as a Distinguished Fellow. Read her bio below ⬇️

Thanks very much to @GenevaAbdul for highlighting the challenges faced by both UK nationals arbitrarily detained abroad and their families, including British citizen Ahmed Al Doush and his family. theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…

Yesterday the @HostageAPPG held a hearing, and I was glad to provide info w/ @Reprieve & @AmnestyUK, on the arbitrary detention of British national, Ahmed Al-Doush, whose detention in Saudi Arabia, now 10 yr sentence, is based on free expression/assoc. See hostagesappg.co.uk/post/press-bri…

Statement: ICCBA CONDEMNS THE EXPANSION OF US SANCTIONS TO #ICC JUDGES

A British national has given 10 yrs for an alleged tweet. The exact tweet is unknown. His trial and detention involved fair trial & due process violations. The UK Gov should stand firmly against a British national’s imprisonment for allegedly exercising his free speech rights.

Lawyers acting for Ahmed Al-Doush are reporting he has been handed a 10 year sentence today by the Saudi authorities leaving his wife and four children in the UK bereft. Saudi employ highly paid PR consultants so hope one of them would explain why this sentence is commensurate…

British citizen Ahmed al-Doush has been sentenced to 10 years in Saudi Arabia after a family holiday. No clear charges. No fair trial. No justice. UK must act now to bring him home. Our Response: "“We strongly condemn this sentence and reiterate our urgent call on the Saudi…

🚨Ahmed Al-Doush, a British analyst, has been sentenced to ten years in a Saudi prison for posting a tweet. Al-Doush, a father-of-four from Manchester, has been held in a maximum security prison after being arrested at Riyadh airport but his family and legal team do not know why.…

Detained for nearly 9 mo, British national, Ahmed Al-Doush, is being tried on charges allegedly based on a tweet. His case raises serious concerns about his right to free expression/association, & basic due process and fair trial principles under intl law. theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/m…

A little delegation from @33BedfordRow International attending this year’s International Bar Association War Crimes Committee conference in The Hague. Lovely to catch up with colleagues and friends along with Marie-Hélène Proulx and Aqsa Hussain. #IBAWCC #33BRIntl

Breaking News: Alan Simpson, a folksy, influential former Republican senator from Wyoming, died on Friday at 93. A plain-spoken lawmaker, he balanced his conservative views with moderate stands on abortion rights, gay marriage and immigration reform. nyti.ms/4kMkQjX

British man in Saudi Arabia told he will be charged over tweet deleted six years ago pulse.ly/fpndlj0jqt

Today is the most dangerous time to be a journalist in CPJ’s history. At least 124 journalists and media workers were killed last year, nearly two-thirds of them Palestinians killed by Israel. Read more in CPJ’s new #2024KilledReport: cpj.org/?p=451429

Are Arab dissidents facing a new wave of repression? ✍️ Big Story by Katherine Hearst and Dania Akkad pulse.ly/jfvyeln9gt

TOMORROW, 18 Feb @ 1800 GMT: IBAHRI and @BarHumanRights present ‘Participation and Representation of Victims in Universal Jurisdiction Cases,’ the first panel in a series on #UniversalJurisdiction. Speakers include @dijkstal and @GissouNia. Register: tinyurl.com/d68yp65u