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Country: Netherlands
City / Location: al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages, Tabuk Emirate
Period / Date: January 2020 - ongoing
Subject: Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project.
Number of identified alleged victims: 6

First name last name	age	sex	affiliation
Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa Al-Huwaiti	adult	male	No affiliation
Abdullah Dakhilallah Al-Huwaiti	adult	male	No affiliation
Atallah Moussa Mohammed Al-Huwaiti	adult	male	No affiliation
Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil Al-Huwaiti	adult	male	No affiliation
Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa Al-Huwaiti	adult	male	No affiliation
Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa Al-Huwaiti	adult	male	No affiliation

Total number of unidentified alleged victims: -

Status or occupation	Number and gender

General concerns:

Total number of alleged victims: 6
Related communications: SAU 2/2023; OTH 27/2023; OTH 28/2023; USA 10/2023; OTH 33/2023; ESP 3/2023; OTH 34/2023; AUS 1/2023; CHN 3/2023; OTH 35/2023; OTH 36/2023; OTH 37/2023; OTH 38/2023; OTH 39/2023; OTH 40/2023; DEU 2/2023; NLD 1/2023; KOR 3/2023; GBR 11/2023; OTH 41/2023; OTH 42/2023; OTH 43/2023; OTH 44/2023; OTH 45/2023; OTH 46/2023; OTH 47/2023; OTH 48/2023; OTH 50/2023
Previous communications: SAU 11/2020; SAU 12/2020; SAU 1/2022; SAU 5/2022; SAU 7/2022; SAU 1/2023
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