The family says that Al-Hudaiqi still suffers from a physical disability in one of his legs hindering him from walking normally, resulting from a gunshot wound from the Saudi soldiers who arrested him in April 2004.

Rachid Mesli, Director of Alkarama's Legal Department in Geneva, said ''We join the family of Naser Alhudaiqi in their joy that the suffering of their son in Saudi prisons is about to end. Nevertheless, the continuing practice of prolonged arbitrary detention and other human rights violations by the Saudi authorities undoubtedly spoils this joy.''

Mesli referred to the Al-Hudaiqi's case saying ''this is but one example of the reality of human rights violations in a country where thousands of political prisoners and others detained arbitrarily continue to suffer injustice and mistreatment in Saudi jails. Hundreds of Yemenis are amongst these detainees, as well as a large number, estimated to be in the thousands, of individuals of other nationalities.''

Naser Abdullah is a 40 year-old Yemeni citizen, who used to reside with his family in Aden, Yemen. He travelled to Saudi Arabia to work in one of the restaurants in Riyadh, where he was arrested at his workplace on 8 April 2004 by armed soldiers and members of the Saudi intelligence, despite his not putting up any resistance nor presenting a danger to anyone, according to eyewitnesses.

Al-Hudaiqi was subjected to numerous violations and was effectively disappeared by the Saudi authorities before the family reported his case to the Alkarama Foundation, who immediately raised his case with relevant UN bodies. This caused the Saudi authorities to contact Al-Hudaiqi's family in Yemen reprimanding them for resorting to the Alkarama Foundation. Saudi authorities then took the initiative to invite Al-Hudaiqi's family to visit him in prison, making them bear all expenses of their stay during the visit.