Mr. Khaled Abdulrahman Al-Twijri normally lives in the province of Quassim in Saudi Arabia. Following a trip to Jordan in July 2008, the family of Mr. Al-Twijri had not received news of him for some months. Despite multiple attempts to get the Jordanian government to recognize the arrest or detention, they have never done so. Officials met with the family only to tell them they had no information on Mr. Al-Twijri's whereabouts.

Many months after his disappearance, his mother received a visit of a person who was released from Al-Hayr prison in Riyadh. He said that her son was detained in the same prison. She learned that her son had been arrested and detained in Jordan for five months before having been given over to the Saudi authorities on 25 January 2009.

His mother then contacted the Saudi authorities including the Ministry of Justice to determine why he was being detained and what legal proceedings had taken place, if any. The Saudi authorities denied holding Mr. Al-Twijri, but he was able to contact his family via telephone a few weeks later.

It was not until March 2009 that his mother was able to visit her son for the first time and found that his condition was concerning. He reported that he had been tortured in Jordan and continues to bear the marks of his treatment to this day. He also reported the continuation of his ill treatment upon his arrival in Saudi Arabia.

Due to the effects of the torture that he suffered, Mr. Khaled Al-Twijri's health continues to deteriorate. He recently contracted malaria and was hospitalized in the emergency ward for several days.

Despite his failing health, he informed his mother during their last visit that he was joining the movement of "visit strikes" planned by all political prisoners of the Kingdom for 1 July 2011 to protest against their conditions of detention and the fact that they had been detained without trial for many years.

Mr. Khaled Al-Twijri remains detained to this day, like thousands of others, beyond any legal system at the Al-Hayr prison without charge and without ever appearing before a judicial authority.