Saudi Arabia has released from prison Ali al-Nimr, a protester whose arrest at age 17 and death sentence had provoked outcry internationally. “Ali al-Nimr, a young man detained since 2012 for participating in protests when he was a child, and who previously faced a death sentence, has been released today,” ...
Death penalties given to three young protesters in Saudi Arabia for alleged offenses committed when they were minors were commuted to ten years in Jail. One of the prisoners, Ali Al-Nimr, was sentenced to death over his alleged role in anti-regime protests in the country’s Eastern Province in February 2012 ...
