Human rights organizations: The death sentence against Bahraini citizens in Saudi Arabia is clear arbitrariness

Ten human rights organizations condemned the death sentence against Bahraini citizens in Saudi Arabia, stressing that it is clear arbitrariness and a violation of the application of local law.
A joint statement issued by 10 human rights organizations said that the death sentences issued by the Saudi Criminal Court against Bahraini citizens Jaafar Muhammad Ali Muhammad Juma Sultan, and Sadiq Majeed Abdul Rahim Ibrahim Thamer, is a transgression of spatial jurisdiction by the Saudi judiciary and an arbitrary contravention of the application of Saudi domestic laws, specifically laws designed to combat terrorism and its financing.
On May 8, 2015, the two men were arrested at the King Fahd Causeway crossing between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The Public Prosecution applied 7 charges against them, 6 of which had occurred inside Bahrain.
On October 7, 2021, the Saudi Arabian Specialized Criminal Court sentenced them to death based on these charges, some of which had been previously adjudicated by the Bahraini judiciary in their absence and which had sentenced them to life imprisonment. The ruling of the Specialized Criminal Court (Saudi Arabia) was based on insufficient evidence and the alleged statements of both men, which they refuted before the court as having been coerced.
On January 11, 2022, the Court of Appeals upheld the death sentences, and the men were left with only one month to appeal the ruling before the ultimate decision of the Saudi Supreme Court.
The organizations recommend swift action be taken by the Saudi Judicial Authorities to reverse these unjust death sentences, which violate international human rights charters and treaties, as well as the local laws in force in Saudi Arabia.