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Two die during Saudi Arabia protest at Shia cleric arrest

category international | rights, freedoms and repression | other press author Monday July 09, 2012 20:59author by pat c Report this post to the editors

Where is the UN? Where is Clinton? Where is NATO? Where are the Sanctions? Where are the international conferences in support of the Saudi Shia people? Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy, a dictatorship, but it doesn't bother those who are out destabilise Syria. Actually Saudi Arabia is arming and bankrolling the Syrian fundamentalists.

Two men have been killed in Saudi Arabia during a protest against the arrest of a prominent Shia cleric.

Activists said Akbar al-Shakuri and Mohammed al-Filfil were shot by police while attending a demonstration in Qatif, a city in Eastern Province.

The interior ministry said there had been no clashes with police, and that the incident was being investigated.
Protesters carrying portraits of Sheikh Nimr Baqir Al-Nimr
Protesters carrying portraits of Sheikh Nimr Baqir Al-Nimr

Earlier, officials had said the cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, was hurt in a car accident as security forces chased him.

The interior ministry said Sheikh Nimr was an "instigator of sedition" and would be interrogated after receiving treatment for a leg injury.


Ten days ago, the cleric said in a speech that he was confident his arrest or killing would be a "motivation" for more widespread demonstrations demanding reforms, an end to sectarian discrimination and the release of political prisoners.

The oil-rich Eastern Province is home to a Shia majority that has long complained of marginalisation at the hands of the Sunni ruling family. ...

Shia activists and websites reported that the two men had been killed when police opened fire to disperse a demonstration on Riyadh street in Qatif, where hundreds of people were photographed marching.

Related Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18768703

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   good to see an article mentioning saudi rather than syria/Iran/russia/china/north korea     lefty    Tue Jul 10, 2012 13:15 
   just when we thought..     opus diablos    Tue Jul 10, 2012 15:02 
   Rights groups demand Saudi activist trial transparency     pat c    Tue Aug 07, 2012 19:19 


 
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