Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Nasser, son of Saudi Islamic preacher Awad Al-Qarni, explained what he intends to do after leaving the kingdom to defend his father, who has been detained by the authorities since 2017.
Al-Qarni said in an exclusive telephone interview with CNN in Arabic: “I have been investigated more than once for the speech on the arrest of the father, as it is investigated for the opinion that differs from the prevailing opinion of the government. , and I have been called more than once to investigate the father before leaving the Kingdom ”.
And on what he intends to do after leaving Saudi Arabia, Nasser said: “We want to rely on cadres that there have been violations against the father under the Saudi system and also under the UN system, to demand the execution of (one person) for a different opinion, this has not been brought by anyone in the whole world.. “
He added: “We will rely on United Nations laws and governments active in the region to try to stop the human rights violations that exist in our country.”
CNN in Arabic has contacted Saudi authorities for unanswered comment at the time of writing this report.
In response to a question of whether he was afraid that the step he had taken out of the Kingdom would reflect negatively on him, Nasser Al-Qarni said, “There is a permanent possibility,” adding, “We will do what we can do, not we can just wait in silence like this. “
Al-Qarni said: “The trials lack the minimum elements of litigation .. neither confidentiality nor information .. Even the accused is not informed of the session until hours or a day before at the highest level .. the judiciary is not independent and the prosecution asks for high penalties for nothing “.
Regarding his father’s health condition, Nasser said: “He has been in solitary confinement since September 9, 2017, we visit him once and see that his health is low and high again … The last visit was the herself after losing an enormous amount of weight … Every week she gets tired and there is some hospital review, “noting that the last time she saw her father was about 4 months ago.
Al-Qarni sent a message to the Saudi government, in which he said: “I have exhausted all my efforts while I am inside the Kingdom to communicate with them and try to reverse the injustice against their father, and they know it.” , calling for “the release of all prisoners of conscience,” as he put it.
Nasser Al-Qarni, who asks the Saudi prosecutor to execute his father, had released a video clip in early October announcing his escape from the Kingdom and his arrival in a “safe place” to defend his father. and detained in his country, as he described it.
He also spoke in another video, which he posted on his Twitter account, launched this month, about what he called the full story of what happened to his father on the night of his arrest.
