Saudi Arabia: Public prosecution member Zuhair al-Zouman appointed as Assistant to the Chairman of the Saudi Human Rights Commission
The security authorities designated Zuhair Muhammad Al-Zuman, a member of the Public Prosecution, as assistant to the chairman of the Saudi Human Rights Commission in an effort to stomp out opposition and guarantee the Saudi regime’s continued hold on power in all spheres of the state.
On Tuesday, December 12, 2023, Zuhair bin Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Zoman was appointed Vice President of the Human Rights Commission, with the excellent rank, according to a royal order that was published on all Saudi media outlets.
Zuhair Muhammad Al-Zoman, who joined the Public Prosecution in 1996, had experience in oversight of prisons, detention facilities, and investigation departments—all of which had a dismal human rights record.
Zuhair bin Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Zoman started working at the “Research and Studies Center” in 2003, and in 2012 he was named the center’s head.
In addition, despite the country’s long history of human rights abuses, he led Saudi Arabia’s delegations to numerous international conferences and meetings on behalf of the Saudi regime and vehemently defended all of the Kingdom’s oppressive practices.
The Saudi Human Rights Commission was founded in 2005 and is widely regarded as a tool used to conceal serious human rights violations against the Kingdom’s opposition voices as well as to whitewash the country’s dismal human rights record.
This royal decree from King Salman attests to the commission’s lack of independence and the fact that royal orders are used to appoint new members.
The Commission has never denounced or chastised the Saudi government for the egregious abuses committed against prisoners of conscience in Saudi jails since its founding. Instead, it has seized every chance it has had to commend the purported royal actions in relation to human rights issues, including the outcome of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder trial.