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Three Years in Prison for No Charge; Is Princess Basmah Only a Cousin?

Jeric AzarbyJeric Azar
March 27, 2022
in Politics, Saudi Arabia, Society
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Three Years in Prison for No Charge; Is Princess Basmah Only a Cousin?

Princess Basmah of Saudi Arabia is released after a three-year imprisonment. Photo: Getty

Princess Basmah is out after three years, not heard of during the first year in detention, without facing legal charge.

After more than three years, a princess and rights activist returns to her hometown of Jeddah. But where had she been for such a long time? Saudi state prisons have a long record of keeping such figure without charge.

Princess Basmah bint Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is an outspoken opponent of her cousin, Saudi kingdom’s crown prince. The 57-year-old princess was out of jails in January, besides her daughter, both under detention Since 2019.

The mother and daughter’s imprisonment and release are shrouded in haze, with Saudi authorities preferred to remain silent. Princess Basmah, on the other hand, believes to have committed nothing wrong when she announced her detention in a tweet more than a year after disappearance. She revealed that she was dealing with “extremely significant” health difficulties.

The tweets were allegedly found way in twitter from the jail in April 2020 and were shortly removed. The measure seemed to follow a trend of arresting scores of Saudi dissidents. Attempts to infiltrate activists’ privacy in exile were also in the same vein. 

According to Saudi activists and advocacy groups, Princess Basmah has been particularly assertive regarding the brutal crackdown on critics. She openly criticized Bin Salman’s centralization of power through silencing any voices. 

She had also been concerned with the way Riyadh treated the females. Under the country’s harsh supervision regulations, the group had little control over their private and public lives.

“She thought that her family connections would give her cover, But MBS has locked up bigger family members than her,” an anonymous royal member of said. Bin Salman’s crackdown on the royal family, following the takeover of power, was harsh, tough, and violent.

Princess Basmah

Two brothers of the current king in power, Salman, are among the targets in Bin Salman’s crackdown. Mohammed bin Nayef, a former crown prince, is still under house detention in the monarchy. Princess Basmah is the smallest daughter of King Saud, who governed Saudi Arabia for 11 years starting from 1953.

Bin Salman pushed throughout a reform initiative that granted a variety of personal freedoms. He has cemented authority along the way, unlike few previous Saudi rulers. His new administration has made a point of ruthlessly suppressing opposition. Social activists or dissidents saw no flexibility and, in certain instances, faced life imprisonment. 

Princess Basmah was in al-Ha’ir prison during the three years, the prison also housed some other political inmates. They included Loujain al-Hathloul, a notable activist for women’s rights in the country. Al-Hathloul had her release from the jail in early in 2021 and has been curiously silent about her suffering since then. According to her relatives, she was subject to physical assault and abuse while in prison.

Sources in Saudi Arabia believe Bin Salman is wary of seeming to make compromises under political constraint. Instead of submitting to demands, he wants changes to seem as a blessing from the royal leadership.

Rights circles and ousted activists, nevertheless, argue that resistance is essential to a dynamic society. The local anxiety enveloping MBS’s authority has been alarming, even if looked at through the lens of the Saudi leaders. 

A short while before her detention, Basmah had plans to fly overseas for surgical therapy. After her imprisonment, she understood that her detention based on charges relating to fake a passport.

Within and without the royal family in Saudi Arabia, there are dozens of unknown names who have face crackdown. Princess Basmah bint Saud is on among others.

Tags: Human rightsMohammad Bin SalmanPrincess BasmahRoyal FamilySaudi Arabia

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