Saudi Court Confirms Death Sentence against Shiite Cleric
The Supreme Court in Saudi Arabia has confirmed the death sentence against Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a leader of anti-government protests, one of his brothers said on Sunday.
"After the confirmation of Sheikh Nimr's death sentence by the Court of Appeal and then the Supreme Court, his life is in the hands of King Salman who can endorse the sentence or suspend the execution," said Mohammed al-Nimr.
He warned his brother's execution "could provoke reactions that we do not want," as Sheikh Nimr had "supporters in the Shiite areas of the Islamic world."
Mohammed al-Nimr said he expected the king to "prove his wisdom" by halting the execution of his brother and six other Shiites.
Among those sentenced to death, "three, including my son Ali, were minors at the time of arrest" for involvement in anti-government protests that erupted in the Eastern Province in the wake of the Arab Spring, he told AFP.
The case of Ali al-Nimr, in particular, has aroused strong reactions around the world, with many asking the Saudi authorities to grant the young Shiite a stay the execution.
Iran, the arch-foe of Saudi Arabia, on Sunday warned Riyadh not to execute the cleric.
"The execution of Sheikh Nimr would have dire consequences for Saudi Arabia," said Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian.
"The situation in Saudi Arabia is not good and provocative and tribal attitudes against its own citizens are not in the government's interests," he said in a statement.
Sheikh Nimr had called in 2009 for separating the Eastern Province's Shiite-populated Qatif and al-Ihsaa governorates from Saudi Arabia and uniting them with Shiite-majority Bahrain.
Last year a special court in Riyadh sentenced him to death for "sedition," "disobedience" and "bearing arms."
Saudi Arabia's estimated two million Shiites, who frequently complain of marginalization, live mostly in the east, where the vast majority of the OPEC kingpin's huge oil reserves lie.
26 October 2015, 10:54
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where are all the defenders of the right to peaceful protest? seems like m14 goons only care when it's in syria eh? they want democracy and human rights at any cost, ready to sacrifice until the last syrian for it, but in s3oodi? nooo, they support the "democractic" repressive system there, because it has an independant judicial and the good king is known for his "wisdom, courage and commitment" and so he can never be wrong (god forbid)
26 October 2015, 10:58
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in any case, no amount of words, logic or sense will change anything with s3oodis or their paid slaves on the forum here. if they're ready to make that mistake let them go ahead, the execution of nimr could be the spark that will ignite arabia and accelerate the fall of the house of saud gang.
26 October 2015, 11:24
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funny how you and your likes here spend your rage and energy when it comes to saudis or iran or hezbollah but never you address posts concerning lebanese daily problems...
seems you are more interested in defending iranian interests than lebanese ones... no surprise here...
26 October 2015, 11:32
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oh! and iranians would take the same measures so don't cry mooowaten...
both countries still have death sentences for things that wouldn't even get you to prison in western countries.... we call them retarded countries like those supporting them LOL
26 October 2015, 12:08
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"never you address posts concerning lebanese daily problems..." dude, stop taking drugs, come back down on earth now. really, it's becoming problematic.
26 October 2015, 13:03
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@mowaten E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T. Still laughing since the day you declared with a straight face you were a shiaa atheist and also a member of hezbollah with only one account. I think i will also continue to laugh at your statement " their paid slaves on the forum here". Thank you Thank you
26 October 2015, 13:32
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I demand to know who pays you to post mowaten and for what exact purpose? Is it propaganda? Is it spamming? Is it what? I find you on every articIle from sunrise till sunset! I demand answers and Now!
26 October 2015, 13:37
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"dude, stop taking drugs, come back down on earth now."
oh! really? trash crisi : no comment, economy, never a comment, strikesn, no comments and so on... but when nasrallah appears : you are here, to defend bashar the butcher you are here, to defend iran and its nuclear you are here, and so on...
so you d rather need a pill but don't bother, you are not here to defend lebanese but syria and iran... that's all what hezbollah is about....
26 October 2015, 15:31
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not more than a few hours ago we, as in you and i, exchanged comments here:
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/192845-exporting-lebanon-s-trash-back-to-spotlight
and here you are saying "trash crisi : no comment"... as i said, take it easy on the weed, it's affecting your short-term memory.
26 October 2015, 15:38
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naharnet are you going to say something about that?
http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/951408/a-bord-dun-avion-prive-cinq-saoudiens-tentent-de-quitter-beyrouth-avec-2-tonnes-de-captagon.html
and where are the m14 goons who keep claiming every person arrested trying to smuggle captagon are hezbollah basijis from north korea working for the syrian regime?
26 October 2015, 16:09
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mowaten, why don't you tell naharnet how to do their job. Sorry to disappoint you but naharnet reported on the subject 5 hours ago while your request was 30 minutes ago;)
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/192878-saudi-prince-held-in-record-beirut-airport-drug-bust
26 October 2015, 16:56
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not disapointed at all, to the contrary! going to check out right now what you goons found as excuse this time to remain in denial :D
26 October 2015, 07:38
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execute him and make it a lesson for the other shias to learn.
26 October 2015, 10:33
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If they execute him it will only backclash on the Saudis, it will never be forgotten and same treatment will be done to Saudi nationals.
26 October 2015, 14:32
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is that a moderate martyred shia iranian terrorist family in your avatar?
26 October 2015, 12:37
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someone seems to have felt insulted by the mention of israelis... I wonder why?
protip: when you call people sectarian, try not to include a sectarian comment in the same sentence, it makes you sound very hypocrite and retarded. dont they teach you anything at hasbara inc?
26 October 2015, 12:32
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and still the same 3 clown above claim to be secular....teeeeheeeeheeee:D
14 November 2015, 01:51
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we will all die one day .. what better death than to stand up to these Saudi butchers
