[A] man of African origin once intervened in a fight between two cellmates
and got badly injured. No one came to his aid and he died. After three to
four hours when he had died his body was removed from the cell.44
Another former detainee, Kamran, said that he fell ill for a week while in detention in Jazan,
but prison officials did not give him any medicine. He said that he finally received
medicine from a fellow inmate.45
Iqbal, the son of a current detainee said that his father, whom Saudi authorities detained
over sleeping pills and pain killers he carried with him to Saudi Arabia to treat
complications from a broken leg, had not received medicine regularly from prison officials.
He
y father] is having a hard time. His old age demands that he should have some
46
Pakistani detainees said they were at a disadvantage vis-à-vis Saudi prisoners and others
regarding medical care, because they did not receive many visitors who could alert Saudi
authorities to urgent medical conditions or bring medication to relatives in prison.
44
Justice Project Pakistan interview with Ghulam, November 17, 2015.
45
Justice Project Pakistan interview with Kamran, November 19, 2015.
46
Justice Project Pakistan interview with Iqbal, Lahore, September 8, 2016.
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