Posted by seumasach on January 25, 2012
22nd January, 2012
On Sunday, demonstrators took to the streets in Qatif and expressed determination to continue their anti-regime protests.
The protesters said those authorities involved in the killing of demonstrators in Eastern Province must face prosecution.
On Friday, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia, warned the kingdom against the brutal crackdown on protesters in Eastern Province and called on the Al Saud regime to stop bloodshed.
Since February 2011, Saudi protesters have held demonstrations on an almost regular basis in the oil-rich Eastern Province, mainly in Qatif and the town of Awamiyah, calling for the release of all political prisoners, freedom of expression and assembly, and an end to widespread discrimination.
However, the demonstrations have turned into protest rallies against the Al Saud regime, especially since November 2011, when Saudi security forces killed five protesters and injured many others in Eastern Province.
The Saudi interior ministry issued a statement on March 5, 2011, prohibiting “all forms of demonstrations, marches or protests, and calls for them, because that contradicts the principles of the Islamic Sharia, the values and traditions of Saudi society, and results in disturbing public order and harming public and private interests.”
Saudi Arabia is a state party to the Arab Charter on Human Rights. Article 24 of the charter states that “every citizen has the right… to freely pursue a political activity [and] to freedom of association and peaceful assembly.”
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Posted by seumasach on August 18, 2011
18th August, 2011
Government forces have attacked Saudi Arabian peaceful demonstrators in the east of the oil-rich kingdom.
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Posted by seumasach on August 10, 2011
Pepe Escobar
11th August, 2011
London’s burning. Wall Street’s burning. Global markets are burning. While Rome burns, the House of Saud fiddles – dreams of expanding torture and building a monster minaret coupled with scolding Syria for repressing its own people. The “international community” barely emits a peep; when you’re a Medieval family dynasty sitting on an ocean of oil, you can get away with virtually anything.
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Posted by seumasach on July 4, 2011
Saudis and Anglo-Americans take note of divergent interests
1st July, 2011
At a recent meeting that discretely took place on the Molesworth NATO air base in the UK, Prince Turki al-Fayçal conveyed to his Anglo-American allies the official Saudi position with regard to the “Arab Spring.”
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Posted by seumasach on July 2, 2011
After running into one or two obstacles, the Arab Spring seems to be back on course.
PressTV
2nd July, 2011
Saudi protesters have taken to the streets in the eastern city of Qatif in Saudi Arabia, demanding the release of political prisoners in the Arab country.
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