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KSA: 18 People Including Lebanese, Iranian Arrested, Protests Continue

KSA: 18 People Including Lebanese, Iranian Arrested, Protests Continue
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The Saudi authorities arrested 18 people, including an Iranian and a Lebanese, over the charges of espionage for a foreign country, the interior ministry claimed on Tuesday.


KSA: 18 People Including Lebanese, Iranian Arrested, Protests Continue"Sixteen Saudis, an Iranian and a Lebanese were arrested in coordinated and simultaneous operations in four regions of the kingdom," including the capital Riyadh and the holy city of Mecca, the ministry said in a statement.
It further mentioned that "the suspects, some of whom were arrested in Eastern Province, were working for a foreign country which it did not name."

Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour al-Turki noted that the arrests were made four days ago and that the suspects were being investigated before being handed over to judicial authorities.

Earlier in the day, activists said Saudi regime forces arrested dozens of prominent figures, including two Shia clerics Sheikh Mohammad al-Atiyah and Sheikh Badr al-Taleb, during the two-day period of March 17 and 18.

Meanwhile, Saudis staged another anti-regime demonstration in the city of Buraidah, calling for the immediate release of the political prisoners.

The demonstrators once again defied a protest ban imposed by the and took to the streets in the central city of Buraidah on Wednesday to demand the release of a group of women and other prisoners arrested during a recent rally.

On March 1, Saudi security forces arrested over 300 protesters, including 15 women, after hundreds of people gathered outside the investigation and prosecution bureau in Buraidah to demand the release of political prisoners.
The kingdom, hit by anti-regime protests, has intensified its campaign of terror and crackdown against dissidents.

Since February 2011, demonstrators have held anti-regime protest rallies on an almost regular basis in Saudi Arabia, mainly in the Qatif region and the town of Awamiyah in Eastern Province, primarily calling for the release of all political prisoners, freedom of expression and assembly, and an end to widespread discrimination.

According to Human Rights Watch, the Saudi regime "routinely represses expression critical of the government."

Source: News agencies, Edited by moqawama.org

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