Abdullah Al-Ouda

Abdullah Al-Ouda (Arabic: عبد الله العودة) is a legal scholar from Saudi Arabia. He currently holds the position of director of research for the Gulf Region at Democracy for the Arab World Now and is one of the co-founders of the Saudi National Assembly Party.^[1][2] Alaoudh has been actively involved in advocating for democracy and human rights in Saudi Arabia as a signatory to the Saudi People's Vision for Reform, which outlines a blueprint for these principles in the country.^[3]

Abdullah Al-Ouda was born to Salman Al-Ouda who belonged to the Al-Ouda branch of the aristocratic Bani Khalid. The Bani Khalid had an established Emirate in the Eastern region of the Arabian Peninsula, with control from the town of Kuwait to the Najd during the 17th and 18th centuries before their fall to the Al-Saud Dynasty from the Bani Hanifa.^[4][5][6][7]

Abdullah Al-Ouda pursued his LL.M. and S.J.D. degrees from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. His doctoral research focused on the role of religious institutions in post-revolutionary Arab countries and their significance in the transition to democracy. Prior to this, he completed his bachelor's degree in Islamic law from Qassim University.^[8]

In his academic career, Al-Ouda has held various prestigious positions. He was a Sponsored University Associate and Former Senior Fellow at the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, located within the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Additionally, he served as a fellow at the Yaqeen Institute. During 2017–2018, he was a Research Scholar in Law and an Islamic Law & Civilization Research Fellow at Yale Law School.^[8][9]

Abdullah Al-Ouda is the son of Salman Al-Ouda, a scholar of Islamic law in Saudi Arabia known for his reformist views.

彼の父親は2017年9月10日の逮捕以来、独房に監禁されている。逮捕の理由は、ツイッターでサウジアラビアとカタールの和解を望むと表明したことだった。逮捕後、サウジアラビア当局は正式な起訴なしに1年間彼を拘束した。しかし、サウジアラビアのサウード・アル・モジェブ検事総長は、37件の容疑に基づいてサルマン・アル・オウダに死刑を求刑している。^{[ 10 ]}

アブドラ・アル・オウダは、ガーディアン紙を含む様々な国際出版物に記事を寄稿しており、父親の処刑を「国家公認の殺人」と見なして、処刑を阻止するための国際的な圧力を訴えている。^{[ 1 ]}さらに、彼は父親が拘留中に受けた虐待について公に懸念を表明し、父親の釈放を声高に訴えている。^{[ 11 ]}