BagolinaMay 8
#OsamaKhalid
https://www.eff.org/offline/osama-khalid
Arrested: July 2020, #Riyadh
Currently serving a 14-year sentence
Osama Khalid is a prominent #Wikipedian and digital rights activist in #SaudiArabia. A medical doctor by profession, he worked as a volunteer administrator for Arabic #Wikipedia and published a blog where he advocated against censorship and in support of human rights and freedoms
#libertédexpression
Offline: Osama Khalid

Doctor, Wikipedian and digital rights activist, Saudi ArabiaArrested: July 2020, Riyadh Currently serving a 14-year sentenceOsama Khalid is a prominent Wikipedian and digital rights activist in Saudi Arabia. A medical doctor by profession, he worked as a volunteer administrator for Arabic Wikipedia...

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Nizar Kerkeni 🇹🇳 نزار القرقنيApr 19

NGOs call for immediate release of ​Saudi Wikipedian Osama Khalid, whose 14-year sentence was upheld

https://www.alqst.org/en/post/ngos-call-for-immediate-release-of-saudi-wikipedian-osama-khalid-whose-14-year-sentence-was-upheld

#Prisoners #HumanRights #Wikipedia #FreeOsamaKhalid #OsamaKhalid

NGOs call for immediate release of ​Saudi Wikipedian Osama Khalid, whose 14-year sentence was upheld

We, the undersigned organisations, express deep concern over the continued arbitrary detention of the Saudi Wikipedian Osama Khalid, whose 14-year prison sentence was recently upheld.

Show threadPierre-Yves BeaudouinMar 28

J'avais également loupé la réduction de peine de notre 2e camarade Osama Khalid en prison en Arabie Saoudite. 5, 32, 25, et maintenant 14 ans de prison... https://alqst.org/en/politicalprisoners/osama-khalid

#OsamaKhalid #Wikipedia #ArabieSaoudite #Censure

Show threadArtists at Risk (AR)Oct 24, 2025
#ArtistsatRisk #SudaneseArt #NOCallarem #ArtInExile #VisualArt #ArtisticFreedom #Barcelona #ArtAsResistance #OsamaKhalid #RefugeeArtists #perpetuum #ARArtists #Sudan
Show threadArtists at Risk (AR)Oct 24, 2025
#ArtistsatRisk #SudaneseArt #NOCallarem #ArtInExile #VisualArt #ArtisticFreedom #Barcelona #ArtAsResistance #OsamaKhalid #RefugeeArtists #perpetuum #ARArtists #Sudan
Show threadArtists at Risk (AR)Oct 24, 2025
#ArtistsatRisk #SudaneseArt #NOCallarem #ArtInExile #VisualArt #ArtisticFreedom #Barcelona #ArtAsResistance #OsamaKhalid #RefugeeArtists #perpetuum #ARArtists #Sudan
Nizar Kerkeni 🇹🇳 نزار القرقنيApr 11, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Birthday in jail: Saudi Wikipedian Osama Khalid Remains Unjustly Imprisoned on his 30th Birthday

https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/saudi-arabia-osama-khalid-wikipedia/

#SaudiArabia #OsamaKhalid #ZiyadAlSufyani #FreeOsama #FreeZiyad

Saudi Arabia: Birthday in jail: Saudi Wikipedian Osama Khalid Remains Unjustly Imprisoned on his 30th Birthday - Access Now

Access Now and partners demand his release demand the release of Saudi pediatrician Osama Khaled, who celebrates today his 30th birthday behind bars.

Access Now
Show threadNizar Kerkeni 🇹🇳 نزار القرقنيJan 1, 2024
Une nouvelle année passe et Osama toujours privé de sa liberté et les communautés du #Libre & #Wikipedia toujours privées de ses contributions...
#OsamaKhalid
mlinksvaJan 7, 2023
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/wikipedia-admin-jailed-for-32-years-after-alleged-saudi-spy-infiltration/ confusing story, haven't dug into details, but one thing seems clear: #OsamaKhalid who is a great Wikipedian and I fondly recall interacting with and learning from in an earlier iteration of the fedivese 10+ years ago on #identica https://web.archive.org/web/20120825092312/http://identi.ca/osamak has been jailed for up to 32 years in Saudi Arabia. 😠 😟
Wikipedia admin jailed for 32 years after alleged Saudi spy infiltration

Activists call for the release of jailed Wikipedia volunteers.

Ars Technica