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Essam Al-Zamil

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A well-known economist, Al-Zamil was detained in September 2017 for his writing criticizing Aramco, the Saudi national oil company, and its inflated valuation on the stock market. He reportedly has faced abuse in detention. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison on October 7, 2020 on terrorism charges. On July, 2022, a video of Al-Zamil was posted on a human rights page on Twitter indicating that he is still serving a 15-year-sentence.