Mr Ali bin Abdullah bin Ali al-Zamel, a brother of a prisoner in al-Hayer, sent an appeal letter to King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz and members of the Saudi ruling class, to the High Commissioner for Human Rights and to local human rights organisations, asking them all to intervene in order to protect the prisoners of al-Hayer who have been in a sit-in for many weeks, and to respond to their legitimate demands which Alkarama had espoused, particularly releasing prisoners of arbitrary detentions which fill the Kingdom's prisons. Mr Ali al-Zamel's brother, Mr Fahd Abdullah Ali al-Zamel has been a prisoner of al-Hayer prison ward number 3 for nine years without any legal proceedings.

Cherif Al Karoui and Hichem Matri, two French nationals who travelled to Saudi Arabia and were arrested on 27 May 2010, are currently being held in Al-Hayr prison in total isolation from the outside world. They have learned that they are suspected of terrorist activity without any charges officially being brought against them and without being brought before a judge.