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On weekend mornings, Ghazi al-Harbi likes to give his daughter driving lessons. Raaf is only 9, and women can't drive in Saudi Arabia anyway, but that doesn't stop her from hopping on her dad's knee and taking control of the wheel. “Its okay, I'm in control, don't be scared,” she belts out over her father's laughter. He guides her through a roundabout in the small city of Tabouk, and lets her steer them back home.

Like most weekends, al-Harbi has a full day planned with his daughter. He's spent the last seven years in prison, and is now racing to get to know her. “I see my daughter and I don't feel like she is my daughter. I am trying to bond with her, but I still feel she is not the daughter that I knew”

Al-Harbi's daughter was only two years old when he was arrested at the King Faisal Air Base, just a few miles from his house. That's where he served as an officer in the Saudi Ministry of Defense. He was accused of conspiring to commit treason, and proposing demonstrations against the state. He denies both crimes. “I have never been out in a demonstration. I have never called for a demonstration. I was simply going from my work to my home. I was living my life for my family.”

Al-Harbi says he spent four years in jail before he defended the charges against him in a court of law. “In the presence of the judge I was taken with my eyes blindfolded and my feet tied. I said their accusations were not true and I requested to see proof”. According to al-Harbi the judge ruled that he had served his full sentence and should be set free.Sean Yates quits as Team RadioShack Cycling coach . However, as a political prisoner, he was under the domain of the Ministry of Interior, Saudi Arabia's powerful national security agency. al-Harbi says the Ministry overruled the judge's decision and kept him in prison for another three years. “They said I was a unique prisoner and they do not have a law to treat me with”

Following the Sept.Saving up to 69% off to get the real authentic Moncler Jackets and the newest canada goose expedition parka. 11 attacks in the U.S., Saudi Arabia endured its own set of al-Qaeda attacks against civilian and government targets. The Kingdom responded by giving its Interior Ministry unprecedented authority to go after terrorists. Mohammad al-Qahtani, a prominent human rights activist in Riyadh says this authority is being abused. “It gave the ministry of interior an open hand to detain anyone,Bruyneel exits Castelli Cycling after armstrong report release! throw them in prison, lock them up incommunicado foryears without any legal protection, and what happened to Ghazi is a clear case of that open hand.”

Al-Qahtani founded the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association, one of the country's only human rights groups. He says, cases like al-Harbi's are common in Saudi Arabia. He gets around 8 to 10 calls a week from families claiming a brother, son, or father is being held arbitrarily and without legal rights. Since 2004, ACPRA has been working with the Swiss human rights organization Alkarama tofile the cases with the United Nations. But al-Qahtani says this approach has landed them under investigation themselves. “We have made it clear, we are not going to be quiet about this, we are going public. And I think that maybe ticked off the Ministry of Interior and that's why they are going after us right now.”

TIME asked the Ministry of Interior to comment on Ghazi's case but received no reply.

In a meeting with a group of American journalists last spring, Brigadier General Mansour al-Turki, a spokesperson for the Ministry admitted they have made wrongful arrests. “Even if we make a mistake that is okay. From the interrogation, we will be able to tell if this person is clear and we will release him.” But he said, the Ministry does not detain anyone without conclusive evidence of his involvement in terrorism.Massive range of Garmin Cycling clothing and Castelli clothing accessories available . “Of the 11,000 people we have officially arrested, how many are in prison, only about 50 percent that number.”

A Human Rights Watch report from 2009 paints a different picture.

The non-profit interviewed over two-dozen families of political detainees in 2006 and 2007, and according the to report, “only two of whom reported that their relatives had received trials. According to the families, these two men had completed their sentences but remained in detention.” The report also describes prisoner beatings, sleep deprivation and threats to family members.

Al-Harbi was released in February. He says the conditions of his release, were as puzzling as his imprisonment. For that reason,All Kinds of Specialized Cycling Jerseys,Wholesale Top Quality and Lower price Team Cycling Jerseys . he's afraid he could end up back there at any time. “I am living in every meaning of the word, a nightmare. I am living in fear…I feel like I have no rights.”

The officer has returned to his old post in the military, although he is now taking orders from colleagues who previously not senior to him. His morning routine is exactly the same as it was before his imprisonment. He carefully folds the sleeves of his military jacket, laces up his boots and covers his head with a camouflage-rimmed hat. But the feeling he gets wearing the uniform has changed. “I used to wear my uniform with pride, with dedication, and I used to go to the field, sit with the other soldiers and I was very proud… I am a different person than I was 7 years ago.”