French researcher arbitrarily detained in Saudi Arabia
Muslim pilgrims pass through a security checkpoint upon arriving at the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on May 22, 2026. ALTAF QADRI/AP "I told the soldier that the detainee sharing our cell had a psychological problem," Amr Abdelfattah told his wife Hakima over the phone on May 11, 2026, after one of his fellow prisoners tried to strangle another in the bathroom. "The soldier started beating me, knocked me to the ground and handcuffed me.
- ▪Muslim pilgrims pass through a security checkpoint upon arriving at the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on May 22, 2026.
- ▪ALTAF QADRI/AP "I told the soldier that the detainee sharing our cell had a psychological problem," Amr Abdelfattah told his wife Hakima over the phone on May 11, 2026, after one of his fellow prisoners tried to strangle another in the bath
- ▪"The soldier started beating me, knocked me to the ground and handcuffed me.
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Muslim pilgrims pass through a security checkpoint upon arriving at the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on May 22, 2026. ALTAF QADRI/AP "I told the soldier that the detainee sharing our cell had a psychological problem," Amr Abdelfattah told his wife Hakima over the phone on May 11, 2026, after one of his fellow prisoners tried to strangle another in the bathroom. "The soldier started beating me, knocked me to the ground and handcuffed me. My face was covered in blood. My left eye has been swollen for a week; it has changed color.
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