Abdullah al-Hamid was often referred to as the father of the kingdom's reformists. FMTNews Saudi Politics
DUBAI: Prominent Saudi Arabian rights activist Abdullah al-Hamid, imprisoned since 2013, died on Thursday, activists and a source close to him told Reuters.
Hamid was one of the 11 founding members of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association , a group that documented human rights abuses and called for a constitutional monarchy. Hamid was often referred to by intellectuals and opposition figures as the father of the kingdom’s reformists. The foundation in 2018 awarded him the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the alternative Nobel Prize, along with fellow activists Mohammad Fahad al-Qahtani and Waleed Abu al-Khair, for efforts to reform Saudi Arabia’s political system.
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