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By Jayen466 and Oltrepier

Osama Khalid celebrated his 30th birthday in jail

Osama Khalid (left) together with fellow Wikipedian Ziyad Alsufyani: both of of them are currently imprisoned in Saudi Arabia (see previous Signpost coverage).

As reported by Palestinian Wikimedian Farah Jack Mustaklem, on 19 January 2024 Osama Khalid, a Saudi pediatrician, blogger and Wikipedian, turned 30 years old while still being detained in al-Ha'ir Prison, together with fellow doctor and Wikipedian Ziyad Alsufyani.

As detailed in previous Signpost coverage, Osama and Ziyad had both been arrested in July 2020 and sentenced, respectively, to 5 and 8 years in prison, with the former’s sentence having been increased to 32 years on appeal in September 2022; however, reports about their incarceration first went public in January 2023. The two, whose arrest and detention are considered to be connected to the Saudi government’s recent crackdown on online dissent, had both served as administrators on the Arabic Wikipedia for several years, while being deeply involved within the Wiki Project Med Foundation and contributing to several articles about Saudi human rights activists, such as Loujain al-Hathloul.

Nine different civil rights organizations, including Access Now and Digital Citizenship, have co-signed an open letter asking for the immediate release of Osama, Ziyad and all of the other activists currently detained in Saudi Arabian prisons. – O and AK

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According to an article in the German Kurier the Chinese Wikipedia will introduce probationary admins and an ArbCom.

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  • Justice for Osama and Ziyad. Oltrepier (talk) 19:34, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    +1. I just noticed he now has a biography: Osama Khalid. Andreas JN466 21:22, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    +2 Sandizer (talk) 22:47, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... at one independent affiliate event, the organization’s leaders brought in army members to do military style exercises with children, resulting in its suspension until new leadership was elected" -- Well then it wasn't independent, was it? Sandizer (talk) 22:47, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • With regard to the report on child rights, I wonder what the Foundation could possibly do about this point (from the exec summary)
Risk: Exposure to harmful content (CRC 19)
A child may be exposed to unwelcome and inappropriate content on the platform. Content that may be classified as “harmful” on pages of Wikimedia projects include bloody or violent images (e.g., medical images), content detailing self-harm or eating disorders, hateful or racist speech, pornography, sexually explicit images, and child sexual abuse material. JMWt (talk) 08:35, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There are some interesting and possible recommendations mentioned in the previous 2022 Human Rights Impact Assessment:
  • Provide access to a geotargeted suicide prevention hotline at the top of the articles on Suicide Methods.
  • Create child safeguarding tools, including child-friendly guidance on privacy settings, data collection, reporting of grooming attempts, the forthcoming UCoC as well a “Child’s Guide to Editing Wikimedia Project” to help advance the right of children to be civically engaged.
The first one was "ongoing" and the second one was "no action and pending full child rights impact assessment", according to previous comments by WMF human rights team. Thanks. SCP-2000 14:01, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]


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