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Saudi Kills Ayatollah Al-Nimr’s Cousins in Qatif

Saudi Kills Ayatollah Al-Nimr’s Cousins in Qatif
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An eyewitness reported that Saudi regime forces shot and killed two first cousins of prominent Saudi cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr, whom the House of Saud regime executed last year in a futile attempt to silence political critics and pro-democracy campaigners in the oil-rich kingdom.

Saudi Kills Ayatollah Al-Nimr’s Cousins in Qatif

The witness, requesting anonymity, said Saudi soldiers recently raided the farming lands of Sheikh al-Nimr's relatives in al-Rames area of Awamiyah village in the Kingdom's Eastern Province, starting clashes with the owners and farm hands, London-based and Arabic-language Nabaa television news network reported.

In the process, several people were reportedly killed and injured by the regime forces' gunshots.

Two of Sheikh al-Nimr's cousins, identified as Muhammed and Muqdad, were among the slain victims.

On January 2, 2016, Saudi Arabia executed Sheikh al-Nimr along with 46 other people in defiance of international calls for the release of the distinguished religious figure.

The Ayatollah had been arrested in 2012 in the al-Qatif region of Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, which was the scene of peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations at the time.

Sheikh al-Nimr had been charged with instigating unrest and undermining the kingdom's security. He had rejected the charges as baseless and unfounded.

In 2014, a Saudi court sentenced him to death, provoking widespread global condemnations. Back then, the UK-based rights body Amnesty International called the sentence "appalling," saying the verdict should be quashed since it was politically motivated.

International human rights organizations lashed out at Saudi Arabia for failing to address the rights situation in the kingdom. "Saudi Arabia has persistently implemented repressive policies that stifle freedom of expression, association and assembly"

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

 

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