Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Amnesty International steps in to save Shia prisoners

DUBAI: Amnesty International on Monday urged Saudi Arabia to free Shia prisoners arrested for taking part in “peaceful” protests and those detained without charge in the kingdom’s Eastern province.

In a report called “Dissident Voices Stifled in the Eastern Province,” where most of the country’s minority Shias live,the rights group said hundreds of individuals,mainly men,but also children,had been arrested since March 2011.

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