Ex-imam of Grand Mosque jailed

Sheikh Saleh Al Talib, a former notable imam at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by Saudi Arabia’s Courts of Appeal.

The Organization for Democracy in the Arab World Now (DAWN) on August 22 confirmed that the specialised criminal Appeals Court in Riyadh jailed him after repealing his past ruling of acquittal, reports The Siasat Daily.

The Prisoners of Conscience account on Twitter, which works to report news of Saudi detainees, also confirmed that Sheikh Saleh Al Talib’s release ruling had been revoked and he had been handed down a 10-year sentence.

The former imam of the Grand Mosque was arrested in August 2018 as the Saudi authorities were arresting certain preachers as part of a campaign back then.