Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi (born 1993, Riyadh) is a Saudi journalist and human rights defender. From 2011 to 2013, he was an active member of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) and participated in peaceful civil society campaigns including “Prisoners Until When”, calling for constitutional governance in Saudi Arabia.

Tváří v tvář sílící státní represi byl v roce 2013 nucen opustit Saúdskou Arábii. Následující roky strávil v Turecku (kde jeho rodina zůstává), Kataru a Egyptě, kde v exilu pokračoval ve své advokacii a žurnalistice. Sblížil se se sítí saúdských disidentů a novinářů kolem Jamala Khashoggiho, jehož v říjnu 2018 zabili agenti saúdského státu.

In October 2021, following the expiry of his travel documents (which he could not renew without risk of Khashoggi’s fate at a Saudi consulate), he travelled on foot to Bulgaria and immediately applied for asylum. He has been in administrative immigration detention since that date — first at the Busmantsi detention centre in Sofia, later transferred to Lyubimets. He has never been charged with a criminal offence. Bulgarian courts have ordered his release twice; neither order was executed by the security services.

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