Nasser Awad Al-Qarni, the son of the famous Saudi preacher imprisoned in Saudi Arabia, announced on Saturday that he fled outside the kingdom and reached a “safe place” to “defend his father and detainees” in his country.
In a video clip posted on his Twitter account, Al-Qarni’s son confirmed that he left Saudi Arabia in order to defend his father, “the detainee whom the Public Prosecution is calling for his execution and to save what can be saved in his country.”
In the name of God ..
I am Nasser, my father is Dr. Awad Al-Qarni, the detainee whose execution the Public Prosecution is calling for, announced today in this video that I was able to leave the country and reach a safe place.
I went out to defend my father, and to save what could be saved in my country. pic.twitter.com/GU0b108eLC
— Nasser bin Awad Al-Qarni (@NasserAwadQ) October 1, 2022
Nasser said in the video clip, “I know that the speech inside may result in the arrest, and he was arrested even while I was silent only because I am the son of Dr. Awad Al-Qarni,” adding, “We inside have exhausted all means to release my father and stop the unjust injustice he has been subjected to.”
He continued: “More demands to stop violations mean an inevitable fate of arrest and abuse. I came out to save what can be saved in my country from supporting detainees and lifting injustice from my father, who is threatened with death.” .
He concluded the video by saying, “Unfortunately, I announce that I am outside my country. Like all young people, I dreamed of expressing my opinion while I was in my country.”
On September 12, 2017, the Saudi security authorities arrested Al-Qarni as part of a campaign of arrests that targeted a number of intellectuals, preachers and activists, according toMena Foundation for Human Rights“.
The Saudi authorities level several accusations against Al-Qarni, including “supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, inciting to fight in areas of conflict and sedition, inciting insults to leaders of other countries … and other accusations,” according to the newspaper.already” Saudi Arabia.