year-old woman approached the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) in Jizan Tuesday seeking help in getting her mother out of the Jizan General Prison where she has been detained for the last eight months without being tried. “My mom is still in prison and no official charges have been raised against her,” said the woman, identified, as S.A. Rewaili. The mother was arrested when she was accompanying her male neighbor who was found in possession of hashish last June, she said. Coming all the way from Riyadh on her own to Jizan where she has no relatives, the woman said she had a hard time following up her mother's case. Dr. Ahmad Al-Bahkly, NSHR Supervisor in Jizan, said the NSHR would follow up the matter with the authorities in charge of the mother's case.
