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Mikhlif Alshammari (born 21 February 1955 in Baq'a, Hail city, Saudi Arabia) is a human rights defender.
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Education
He holds a BBA in Business Administration from Armstrong University, Berkeley, California, United States 1987 He was planning to earn a master's degree in Law before his arrest.
SPM 2003
Work Experience
Mikhlif Alshammari is one of the leaders of the Shammar tribe. He is a writer and critic for several Saudi newspapers. Then, he was banned from writing, but he continued to publish his articles on the internet.
He is well known as human rights defender and advocate of reforming democracy. Also, he is one of the promoters to unite the Sunni with the Shiites under one umbrella. He is trusted by international organizations like by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Council, Front Line Defenders, Amnesty International and ALKarama HR Org. He was self-employed as a director of his own contracting company “DAHAMCO”.
In 2007, Mr. Alshammari’s company went bankrupt as a result of his arrest without charge by the General Investigation in Dammam. After he was released from that arbitrary detention and tasted the injustice, he changed his career totally. He became a human rights defender and worked a full-time human right defender to help oppressed people, men and women, Saudis and non-Saudis at all levels.
Due to his activities and his writings, Alshammari was detained three times over the last four years. The last arrest took place on 15 June 2010, accused of "annoying others." He remains in Dammam Jail pending a trial.