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The human rights activist Mikhlif Alshammari

Personal Profile

 * Name: Mikhlif Kh .bin Daham Alshammari
 * Date of Birth: 21 feb 1955
 * Place of Birth: Baq'a, Hail city,‏Saudi Arabia
 * Status: Married and father of 12 children.

Education

 * He holds a BBA in Business Administration from Armstrong University ,Berkeley ,California, USA 1987
 * He was planning to earn a Master degree in Law before his arrest.

Work Experience
Mikhlif Alshammari is one of the leaders of a well-known big tribe Shammar tribe  He is a writer and critic for several Saudi newspapers. Then, he was band from writing, but he continued to publish his articles in the internet.

He is a 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, Mr.Mikhlif Alshammari was detained three times over the last four years. The last arrest took place on 15/6/2010 and he was accused of “ annoying others ”. He is still in Dammam Jail until the present because of that accusation and without fair trial.

Activities

 * Founder of Environment's Friends organization in the Eastern Province.
 * Founder and Chairman of Shammar Tribe Board in the Eastern Province.
 * Was invited as an independents activist by the High Commissioner to the United Nations to report on the status of women in Saudi Arabia.
 * Attended several human rights training workshops.
 * Arranged and participated in the first Friday prayer between Shiites and Sunnis in Qatif area.
 * Worked to resolve many family and tribal disputes including the revenge disputes.

Memberships

 * Member and collaborator with the Saudi Human Rights Commission (until his latest arrest)
 * An active member in the National Family Safety Program, Riyadh
 * Member in WHO's WHO OF professional international
 * Member in the Saudi Management Association
 * Member in the Saudi Cancer Society

Awards

 * Awarded of a shield trophy from the Forum Dialogue between different Cultures.
 * Awarded of a shield trophy of trust from "Shammar" Tribe.

refrences
Mikhlif D Al-shammari's account in facebook Free For "Mikhlif bin Daham Al shammari"Jailed in Saudi Arabia

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