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.

Di fronte a una repressione di Stato sempre più intensa, è stato costretto a lasciare l'Arabia Saudita nel 2013. Ha trascorso gli anni successivi in Turchia (dove resta la sua famiglia), Qatar ed Egitto, proseguendo l'attività di advocacy e il giornalismo in esilio. Si è avvicinato alla rete di dissidenti e giornalisti sauditi attorno a Jamal Khashoggi, ucciso da agenti dello Stato saudita nell'ottobre 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.

Dalla detenzione ha continuato a scrivere: saggi, lettere e analisi geopolitiche pubblicati in bulgaro, inglese, italiano e arabo, in testate come Marginalia, Melting Pot Europa, Substack e News.bg.