DUBAI (Reuters) - A prominent Saudi rights lawyer and activist, Waleed Abu al-Khair, has been detained incommunicado by authorities after appearing in court in Riyadh on sedition charges, his wife said on Wednesday.
His wife Samar Badawi said Abu al-Khair had gone to the Special Criminal Court on Tuesday for a hearing and she had not been able to communicate with him since then.
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