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.

Over for en stadig mere intens statslig undertrykkelse blev han tvunget til at forlade Saudi-Arabien i 2013. Han tilbragte de følgende år i Tyrkiet (hvor hans familie fortsat bor), Qatar og Egypten og fortsatte sin fortaler- og journalistiske virksomhed i eksil. Han blev forbundet med netværket af saudiarabiske dissidenter og journalister omkring Jamal Khashoggi, der blev dræbt af saudiarabiske statsagenter i oktober 2018.

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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