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| Saudi Arabia nabs nearly 30 activists |
| 2011-04-29 |
| [Iran Press TV] Soddy Arabian security forces have jugged up to 30 Shia activists over the past two days, keeping up with their crackdown on pro-reform protests. The detainees, who included two internet activists, were tossed in the slammer in the eastern city of Qatif for taking part in anti-government protests, AFP reported on Thursday. "Arrests have been ongoing for sometime but in the past few days it focused on bloggers and writers," a Shia activist was quoted as saying on condition of anonymity as he feared facing arrest. "The number of Shias tossed in the slammer since the start of the protests and (those who) remain in jail is 140." Earlier in the month, a Human Rights Watch report said the authorities have tossed in the slammer over 160 activists since February. The people were called to cop shoppes or saw their homes being raided by police. "Even ordinary people have been jugged for taking part in demonstrations," a human rights ...which often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... campaigner was quoted as saying. The Saudi nationals have been voicing outrage at Riyadh's continued imprisonment of people without charge and the suppression of women's rights. The unemployed have been rallying for job opportunities and their share of the biggest Arab economy's oil income. Riyadh has also sparked outrage among the country's public for dispatching troops to Bahrain to aid Manama's current deadly crackdown on the popular protests there. The protests have been held despite a ban by the Interior Ministry on all kinds of demonstrations and public gatherings. |
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