Saudi Arabia: More protests in Eastern Province


Issue 941 - 21 Feb 2013 | 1 minute read

Video footage posted on YouTube and dated 7 February showed more mass protests in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. The protests, titled “Al-Nimr wins” in reference to Shiite cleric Nimr Al-Nimr, who was arrested in July, saw streams of men and women move through the nighttime streets chanting slogans including “Death to Al-Saud”.

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