JEDDAH: The Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh on Monday issued a prison sentence of 10 years against one Saudi citizen and six years to another as a preliminary ruling after the two were found guilty of supporting Daesh.
The court proved the first defendant guilty of storing materials, that touch on security and stability of public order, on his mobile phone, containing audio and visual videos, and text messages affiliated with Daesh.
The first defendant was found guilty of buying a gun and six bullets for the weapon, and then sold the same weapon without a license.
The defendant was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment, starting from the date of his detention, and the confiscation of nine bullets in his possession, and he was banned from travel outside the Kingdom for a period similar to his imprisonment, starting from the date of his release from prison.
The second defendant was found guilty by the court of supporting Daesh by joining two terrorist groups via the “Telegram” platform, which is dedicated to exchanging audio and visual videos, as well as text messages containing materials to support Daesh.
The defendant was also found guilty of adding the first defendant to one of the aforementioned groups, and storing copies of Daesh emblems on his mobile phone, and possessing currency and other valuables issued in the name of Daesh.
The court also proved the defendant stored a map featuring the north of Iraq and Syria with the emblem of Daesh on it, along with a photocopy of Osama bin Laden, and a copy of an identifier named “Al-Monaseroon” on the social networking site Twitter, which demanded the release of a number of detainees under investigation for security cases.
The second defendant was also found guilty by the court of communicating, via the Telegram platform, with another person who supports Daesh, asking him to add his name to another group that supports Daesh.
He was found guilty of joining that group as well.
The court sentenced him to six years in prison starting from the date of his arrest, and confiscated his mobile phone and the devices described in the case, as well as banning him from travel outside the Kingdom for a period similar to his jail term.
Two sentenced to imprisonment for supporting Daesh
Two sentenced to imprisonment for supporting Daesh
Saudi Arabia’s KAUST named FIFA’s first research institute in MENA
- KAUST President Prof. Sir Edward Byrne said that the university’s selection as the fifth FIFA Research Institute in the world — and the first in the region — marks a significant achievement, reflecting Kingdom’s growing presence in international football
RIYADH: FIFA has designated the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology as its first research institute in the Middle East and Asia to support the development of innovative football research, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday.
The recognition highlights KAUST’s commitment to integrating sports, academic research and industry through advanced, high-level initiatives grounded in rigorous scientific methodologies, contributing to the advancement of football studies.
KAUST President Prof. Sir Edward Byrne said that the university’s selection as the fifth FIFA Research Institute in the world — and the first in the region — marks a significant achievement, reflecting Saudi Arabia’s growing presence in international football.
The accreditation aligns with national efforts to invest in research and development and promote the knowledge economy, supporting Saudi Vision 2030’s goals of building an advanced sports system based on innovation and sustainability.
The collaboration’s first project focuses on developing advanced AI algorithms to analyze historical FIFA World Cup broadcast footage, transforming decades of match videos into structured, searchable data, according to the KAUST website.
This work opens new opportunities to apply state-of-the-art computer vision techniques and deepen understanding of how football has evolved over time.
The second project uses player and ball tracking data from the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar and the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 in Australia and New Zealand to compile comprehensive datasets capturing in-game dynamics.
These datasets provide deeper insights into human movement, playing techniques and performance dynamics through AI-driven analysis.
