2014年5月26日,艾卜哈法院判處法雅德4年有期徒刑與800下鞭刑。但檢察官堅持求處死刑,提起上訴。這個月17日,同一座法院,不同的法官,以「叛教」罪名判處法雅德死刑。如今,上訴法院與高等法院將決定法雅德是否會被斬首處死。
HRW中東地區主任惠特森(Sarah Leah Whitson)指出:「無論法雅德說了什麼或沒說什麼,沙烏地阿拉伯都不應該拿個人信仰當逮捕人的理由。」
死刑大國沙烏地阿拉伯 今年已處決152人
根據國際特赦(Amnesty International,AI)組織的統計,沙國今年已經處決152人,是1995年以來的新高記錄,最常使用的方式是斬首,有時甚至是公開舉行。大部分死囚的罪名是謀殺與毒品,但是也有人因為「叛教」、「魔法」遭到處決。
2015年2月,一名沙國男子遭到處決,原因是他在YouTube上的一段影片中撕毀《古蘭經》。然而當地人士告訴HRW,此人有精神疾病。
附錄:國際筆會聲援法雅德作家名單
Adonis
Yeşim Ağaoğlu
Luis Miguel Aguilar
Jaffar Alalawy
Nawal Al Ali
Ghayath Almadhoun
Ahmed Al-Mulla
Bassem Al-Nabriss
Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
Hanan Al-Shaykh
Manal Al-Sheikh
Indran Amirthanayagam
Homero Aridjis
Verónica González Arredondo
John Ashbery
Jonathan Asser
David Atkinson
Martine Audet
Ali Bader
Cecilia Balcázar
Simona Barabesi
Daté Atavito Barnabé-Akayi
Adam Baron
John Beer
Paul Bélanger
Mohamed Bennis
Caroline Bergvall
Bill Berkson
Anselm Berrigan
Jen Bervin
Crispin Best
Navtej Bharati
Frank Bidart
Anne-Andrée Bilodeau
Linda Black
Robyn Black
France Boisvert
Christiane Boucher
Jacques Boulerice
Alexander Bowden
Stephen Boyce
Denis Boyles
Patrick Boulanger
Susan Bradley-Smith
Ross Bradshaw
Andrea Brady
Eric Brogniet
Nicole Brossard
Nicole Cage
Leandro Calle
Gerry Cambridge
Kimberly Campanello
Sylvain Campeau
Monica Carter
Francis Catalano
Paul Chamberland
Amarjit Chandan
Tina Chang
Chloe Chard
Jennifer Clement
Dave Coates
Alexandra Lucas Coelho
Peter Cole
Henri Cole
Martha Collins
David Colmer
Helen Constantine
David Constantine
Andrew Cowan
Philip Cowell
David Coxhead
Judith Crispin
Alison Croggon
Alain Dantinne
Jean-Paul Daoust
Najwan Darwish
Aline Davidoff
Richard Davis
Deborah Dawkin
Benjamin Dawson
François Debluë
Antonio Della Rocca
Toi Derricotte
Denise Desautels
Jean-Marc Desgent
Dot Devota
Tim Dooley
Kim Doré
Hélène Dorion
Suzanne Dracius
Livia Dragomir
Carol Ann Duffy
Sasha Dugdale
Louise Dupré
Nirupama Dutt
Ken Edwards
Martina Evans
Gareth Evans
Reza Farmand
Jennie Feldman
Nikky Finney
Allen Fisher
Jack Foley
Danielle Fournier
Graham Foust
Steven Fowler
Rose-Marie François
Annie Freud Philip
Fried Aleksandr
Frolov Madeleine
Gagnon André
Gaulin Daniel
Gauthier Ross
Gay Gary
Geddes Annelyse
Gelman Divya
Ghelani Robert
Gillett Chrissie
Gittins Andrew
Graham-Yooll
Kate Greenstreet
Patricia Grodd
Daniel Guimond
Marilyn Hacker
Golan Haji
Joe Hall
Robert Hamberger
Paul Hamilton
Robert Hampson
Volha Hapeyeva
Robert Hass
Hugh Hazelton
Hunter Heaney
Una Helle
Adina Hoffman
Anthony Howell
Robert Hull
Emily Hunt
Kirsten Irving
Martine Jacquot
Sarah Jaffray
Sylwia Janik
Maria Jastrzebska
Tom Jenks
Trevor Joyce
Jamal Jumá
George Kalogeris
Fawzi Karim
Susie Kearley
Sarah Kelly
David Kelly-Mancaux
Caleb Klaces
Karen Klein
Marius Kociejowski
Purdey Lord Kreiden
Monika Kumar
Laurier Lacroix
Dzmitry Ladzes
Christian Lafleur
Mike Lala
Mandla Langa
Nancy R Lange
Mona Latif-Ghattas
Stuart Laycock
Maxime Le Flaguais
Michel Leclerc
J.R. Léveillé
Frances Leviston
Francesca Lisette
Carrie Lorig
Raymond Louw
Jorge Ariel Madrazo
Anthony Madrid
Sarah Maguire
Christodoulos Makris
Harry Man
Alison Marchant
Frederick Marchant
Jean Claude Maréchal
Émile Martel
Gabriel Martín
Sophie Mayer
Chris McCabe
Olivia McCannon
Michael McClure
John McCullough
Chris Meade
Dunya Mikhail
James Miller
Marie-Hélène Montpetit
Stephen Mooney
Esteban Moore
Jean Morisset
Lennox Morrison
Andrew Mueller
Paul Muldoon
Eileen Myles
Maryam Namazie
Katrina Naomi
Pierre Nepveu
Pamela Newham
Louise Nicholas
Katharine Norbury
James Norcliffe
T Norwood
Naomi Nye
Pascal O’Loughlin
Amir Or
Margie Orford
Meghan O’Rourke
Gregory Orr
Pierre Ouellet
Fernand Ouellette
Jan Owen
Gonca Ozmen
Ruth Padel
Daniele Pantano
Brian Patten
Michael Pedersen
Robina Pelham
Burn Jean-Pierre Pelletier
Holly Pester
Nika Pfeifer
Carl Phillips
Jean-Guy Pilon
Sylvie Poisson
Clare Pollard
Arnau Pons
Jean-François Poupart
A. Powell
Michele Pralong
Annie Préaux
Louise Prescott
Nina Puro
Fareed Ramadan
Francine Rheaume
Ron Riddell
Nicholas Ridout
Silvia Tomasa Rivera
Sam Riviere
Marie-Clotilde Roose
Patrick Rosal
William Rowe
Francoise Roy
Jean Royer
Véronique Rozon
Stefi Rubin
Charles Sagalane
Rodney Saint-Éloi
Odelin Salmeron
Metta Sáma
Philippe Sands
K. Satchidanandan
Nada Sattouf
John Ralston Saul
Simon Schama
Aki Schilz
Philip Schultz
Vijay Seshadri
Solmaz Sharif
Owen Sheers
Robert Sheppard
David Shook
Ishtiyaq Shukri
Sukhdev Sidhu
Tom Siklebery
Charles Simić
Andra Simons
Jean Sioui
Astra Skrābane
Anna Smith
Kathrine Sowerby
Patricia Spears
Jones David Spittle
Julie Stanton
Thór Stefánsson
Pamela Stewart
Hugh Stoddart
Melanie Stokes
Laila Sumpton
Janet Sutherland
Terese Svoboda
George Szirtes
Mary Szybist
Niloufar Talebi
Rebecca Tamas
Tugrul Tanyol
Michael Thomas Taren
Serge-Patrice Thibodeau
TC Tolbert
Liz Tomlin
Carles Torner
Vrouwkje Tuinman
Tom Van de Voorde
Stefaan van den Bremt
Nathan Walker
Carol Watts
David Wearing
Les Wicks
James Wilkes
Magnus William-Olsson
Debra Winegarten
Sam Winston
Ellie Wright
Mohammad Yousef
Dominique Zalitis
Ghassan Zaqtan