Article 2 of the Saudi Protection of Whistleblowers, Witnesses, Experts and Victims Law

This article places two duties on the bodies that oversee, seize evidence in, and investigate the crimes covered by the Law, which under the definition in Article 1 are "serious crimes that warrant detention" as provided in the laws.

First duty: concealing identity and address. These bodies must conceal, in their correspondence, records and all their documents, the identity and address of the whistleblower, witness, expert or victim, in a way that prevents him from being identified. This applies in two cases:

• When required.
• At the request of the whistleblower, witness, expert or victim himself.

Someone who reports, testifies, gives expert evidence or is a victim can ask for his identity and address to be concealed in the official papers of these bodies. Note that the text speaks of the whistleblower, witness, expert and victim in general, not only of the "person covered by protection."

Second duty: cooperating with the court so as to ensure that witnesses give their testimony without influence or delay.

Article 3 complements this protection at the litigation stage, requiring the court to take special measures it considers appropriate if there is a basis to believe any of them may be exposed to danger, such as preventing the witness or expert from being seen, and hearing testimony remotely by audio-visual means.